Darien Sees Slower Growth Of Coronavirus Cases

DARIEN, IL — Darien saw 11 more cases of the coronavirus in the last week, according to Sunday's figures from DuPage County's health department. The previous week, Darien had seen just three more cases.

Here's a look at the growth in coronavirus numbers:

Darien's increase last week, which amounted to 13.3 percent, was lower than DuPage County's 27.7 percent. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population and 1.6 percent of the coronavirus cases.

As of Sunday, Darien had 4.3 coronavirus cases per thousand people. That compares to 2.5 in Western Springs, 4 in Clarendon Hills, 4.1 in Elmhurst, 4.6 in La Grange Park, 6.4 in DuPage County, 9.4 in La Grange and 9.6 in Hinsdale.

Hinsdale has seen a huge spike in cases in the last couple weeks. That is likely driven by an outbreak at ManorCare of Hinsdale. (The state includes presumed cases in nursing home totals, but such cases may not be part of the overall number in the town. The nursing home figures also include employees, who may live elsewhere.)

In DuPage County, Addison is leading the pack with 541 cases as of Sunday, or 14.7 cases per thousand. West Chicago follows with 521, or 19.3 cases per thousand.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 94,191, up 21 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 4,177 state residents. Health departments do not provide the number of deaths by municipality.

Nationally, 1.5 million people have caught the virus, and 89,923 have died from it.

Read more:

Illinois Coronavirus Update May 15: 90,369 Cases, 4,058 Deaths

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