Darien Sees Same Virus Increase As Week Before

DARIEN, IL — The number of Darien's coronavirus cases increased by 14 for the second week in a row, according to the DuPage County Health Department. As of Sunday, the Darien caseload numbered 198, or an 8 percent increase from the week before.

The number of deaths from the coronavirus remains at six in Darien, according to the health department.

Here's a look at the coronavirus numbers:

Darien's rate of increase was higher than DuPage County as a whole, which saw its caseload rise by about 7 percent in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but only 1.6 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload.

As of Sunday, Darien had 9.2 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 9.8 in Western Springs, 10.2 in La Grange Park, 12.1 in Elmhurst, 12.2 in Clarendon Hills, 13.2 in DuPage County, 15.6 in Hinsdale, 16.9 in Burr Ridge, 17.8 in suburban Cook County and 20.2 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 194,080, up 7 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,636 state residents.

Nationally, 5 million people have caught the virus, up 8 percent from the week before. A total of 161,284 people have died from the virus in the United States.

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