Darien's Virus Cases Up By 8%: Agency

DARIEN, IL — Darien saw an 8 percent rise in coronavirus cases in the first four days of last week, according to the DuPage County Health Department. The department has not updated its statistics since Thursday, citing a problem in reporting from the state Department of Public Health.

The partial week's 8 percent rise is higher than the entire previous week's increase, which was 7 percent.

The number of reported cases in Darien is now 447, up 34 from the week before. The number of those who are considered recovered is unavailable.

The number of local deaths from the coronavirus was eight as of Sunday since the pandemic's beginning, the same as it has been for weeks, according to the health department.

Here's a look at the coronavirus numbers:

Darien's rate of increase of 8 percent was the same as DuPage County as a whole. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but only 1.9 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload.

As of Sunday, Darien had 20.7 coronavirus cases per thousand people, better than most of its neighbors. The figure compares to 19.5 in La Grange Park, 22.2 in Western Springs, 25 in Clarendon Hills, 26 in DuPage County, 26.4 in Elmhurst, 27 in Hinsdale, 29.1 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands), 31 in suburban Cook County and 31.8 in Burr Ridge.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 417,280, up 12 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 9,792 state residents.

Nationally, 9.1 million people have caught the virus, up 6 percent from the week before. A total of 229,932 people have died from the virus in the United States.

IL Reports Almost 7,000 New Coronavirus Cases, Another Record

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