Coronavirus Patients Still At Elmhurst Hospital

ELMHURST, IL – The coronavirus appears to be here for the long haul.

Elmhurst Hospital each week reports how many coronavirus patients it is treating. On Wednesday, the number was 18.

The caseload has changed little since July, ranging from 10 to 22.

In the spring, the number of coronavirus patients was often in the single digits. On St. Patrick's Day, it was just one. In summer 2021, the caseload dropped to zero for a time.

In the last 2½ months, the hospital has seen a dozen deaths from the coronavirus, for a total of 313 during the pandemic.

The rate of the hospital's coronavirus deaths per month since the pandemic's beginning is now 10.3. That's down from 10.7 in early August.

Elmhurst Hospital serves an area far larger than Elmhurst.