Another 6% Hike In Darien Virus Cases

DARIEN, IL — Darien saw a 6 percent increase in coronavirus cases last week, the same as a week earlier, according to the DuPage County Health Department. The new cases in the last week amounted to 18.

The number of deaths from the coronavirus increased to seven in Darien, the first increase in weeks, the department's figures show.

Here's a look at the coronavirus numbers:

In DuPage County, Addison has the highest number of cases with 1,204, which works out to 33 per thousand. It is followed by West Chicago, with 1,123 cases, or 41.9 per thousand. Despite the high caseloads, both towns have seen relatively few deaths — 10 in Addison and 13 in West Chicago.

Darien's rate of increase of 6 percent was higher than DuPage County as a whole, which saw its caseload rise by 4 percent in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but only 1.8 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload.

As of Sunday, Darien had 13.8 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 14 in La Grange Park, 16.3 in Western Springs, 17.1 in Elmhurst, 17.9 in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County, 21.1 in Hinsdale, 23 in suburban Cook County, 23.7 in Burr Ridge and 23.8 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 274,258, up 5 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 8,450 state residents.

Nationally, 6.7 million people have caught the virus, up 3 percent from the week before. A total of 198,754 people have died from the virus in the United States.

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