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Darien Sees Smallest Virus Increase In Months
Local deaths from the coronavirus are now at eight, up by one from the previous week.
DARIEN, IL — Darien saw its smallest percentage weekly increase in coronavirus cases since early July. As of Sunday, Darien's caseload went up by eight, to 325, according to the DuPage County Health Department. That represented a 2.5 percent increase. The number of those who are considered recovered is unavailable.
For months, Darien had the lowest number of cases per capita among the nearby towns surveyed by Patch. But La Grange Park passed Darien two weeks ago, government figures show.
The number of local deaths from the coronavirus was eight as of Sunday, up by one from the previous week, according to the health department.
Find out what's happening in Darienfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Here's a look at the coronavirus numbers:
| Date | Darien | DuPage |
| April 1 | 15 | 379 |
| April 12 | 40 | 1,165 |
| April 19 | 47 | 1,693 |
| April 26 | 60 | 2,447 |
| May 3 | 80 | 3,663 |
| May 10 | 83 | 4,615 |
| May 17 | 94 | 5,892 |
| May 24 | 107 | 7,063 |
| May 31 | 113 | 7,717 |
| June 7 | 116 | 8,120 |
| June 14 | 125 | 8,434 |
| June 21 | 131 | 8,684 |
| June 28 | 140 | 8,944 |
| July 5 | 142 | 9,315 |
| July 12 | 147 | 9,721 |
| July 19 | 155 | 10,185 |
| July 26 | 170 | 10,880 |
| Aug. 2 | 184 | 11,458 |
| Aug. 9 | 198 | 12,229 |
| Aug. 16 | 216 | 12,880 |
| Aug. 23 | 229 | 13,765 |
| Aug. 30 | 252 | 14,459 |
| Sept. 6 | 264 | 15,296 |
| Sept. 13 | 280 | 15,997 |
| Sept. 20 | 298 | 16,559 |
| Sept. 27 | 317 | 17,435 |
| Oct. 4 | 325 | 18,174 |
In DuPage County, Addison has the highest number of cases with 1,321, which works out to 36.2 per thousand. It is followed by West Chicago, with 1,179 cases, or 44 per thousand. Despite the high caseloads, both towns have seen relatively few deaths — 10 in Addison and 13 in West Chicago.
Find out what's happening in Darienfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Darien's rate of increase of 2.5 percent was lower 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 15 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than most of its neighbors. The figure compares to 14.7 in La Grange Park, 18.2 in Western Springs, 19.7 in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County, 20.4 in Elmhurst, 22.6 in Hinsdale, 24.9 in suburban Cook County, 25.5 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands) and 26.4 in Burr Ridge.
As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 301,541, up 5 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 8,791 state residents.
Nationally, 7.4 million people have caught the virus, up 4 percent from the week before. A total of 208,821 people have died from the virus in the United States.
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