Elmhurst Sees Another Drop In Virus Cases: County

ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst recorded another drop in weekly coronavirus cases, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, the city had seen 9,382 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 49 from a week before. That's lower than the previous week's 59. The city hit a weekly record of 599 in January.

The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Elmhurst increased by one in the last week, to 93. The mortality rate among those locally with the coronavirus is 1 percent.

Here is how Elmhurst's coronavirus cases have grown over time:

As of Sunday, Elmhurst had 201 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 171 in Darien, 183 in Hinsdale, 193 in DuPage County, 205 in suburban Cook County, 208 in La Grange Park, 209 in Clarendon Hills, 212 in Western Springs and 216 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,037,199, a 0.4 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 32,926.

Nationally, 78.1 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 0.4 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 955,135 people have died from the virus in the United States.