Darien Sees Hike In Coronavirus Rate: County

DARIEN, IL — Darien is seeing an increasing number of new coronavirus cases, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had seen 1,791 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, 15 more than a week before, or an increase of 0.8 percent. The week before last, the city experienced nine new cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 22. That works out to less than a thousandth of Darien's population.

The number of those who have recovered is unavailable.

Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the crisis:

As of Sunday, Darien had 83.8 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 88.9 in La Grange Park, 92.5 in DuPage County, 93.7 in Hinsdale, 95.2 in Elmhurst, 99.6 in Western Springs, 100.9 in Clarendon Hills, 102.9 in suburban Cook County, 106 in Burr Ridge and 122.2 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,407,929, up 0.4 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 23,401.

Nationally, 34.4 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 1.4 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 608,403 people have died from the virus in the United States.