Darien's Virus Growth Rate Again Falling

DARIEN, IL — Darien has once again returned to a falling growth rate in coronavirus cases. As of Sunday, the community saw six more cases over the previous week, according to DuPage County Health Department figures.

Here's a look at the coronavirus numbers:

Darien's increase last week, which amounted to 5 percent, was higher than DuPage County's 3 percent. In most weeks, the county's rate has been higher than Darien's. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population and 1.5 percent of the coronavirus cases.

As of Sunday, Darien had 6 coronavirus cases per thousand people. That compares to 3.5 in Western Springs, 5.6 in Clarendon Hills, 5.8 in Elmhurst, 6.2 in La Grange Park, 8.6 in Burr Ridge, 9.4 in DuPage County, 10.4 in Hinsdale, 11.5 in suburban Cook County and 12.5 in La Grange.

In DuPage County, Addison is leading the pack with 812 cases, or 22.3 per thousand, according to the health department. West Chicago follows with 759 cases, or 28.3 per thousand.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 136,762, up 3 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 6,647 state residents.

Nationally, 2.4 million people have caught the virus and 122,250 have died from it.

Read more:

Illinois Coronavirus Update June 19: 135,470 Cases, 6,580 Deaths

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