Darien Sees Biggest Virus Hike In Months

DARIEN, IL — Darien saw its biggest increase in the number of coronavirus cases since early April. According to the DuPage County Health Department, the city's cases numbered 252 as of Sunday, a 10 percent jump from a week earlier.

The number of deaths from the coronavirus remains at six in Darien, as it has for weeks, the department says.

Here's a look at the coronavirus numbers:

In DuPage County, Addison has the highest number of cases with 1,085, which works out to 29.7 per thousand. It is followed by West Chicago, with 1,026 cases, or 38.3 per thousand. Despite the high caseloads, both towns have seen relatively few deaths — 9 in Addison and 12 in West Chicago.

Darien's rate of increase of 10 percent was twice DuPage County as a whole, which saw its caseload rise by 5 percent in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but only 1.7 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload.

As of Sunday, Darien had 11.7 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 12.6 in Western Springs, 12.7 in La Grange Park, 14 in Elmhurst, 14.6 in Clarendon Hills, 15.8 in DuPage County, 17.5 in Hinsdale, 19.5 in Burr Ridge, 19.9 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands) and 20.4 in suburban Cook County.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 233,355, up 6 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 8,019 state residents.

Nationally, 5.9 million people have caught the virus, up 1 percent from the week before. A total of 182,149 people have died from the virus in the United States.

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