Elmhurst Virus Rate Hike Drops Slightly: County

ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst's rate of increase in coronavirus cases dropped slightly last week, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, the city experienced 39 new cases in the last week, or a 1 percent hike. The increase was 1.1 percent the week before.

The number of those who have recovered is unavailable.

As of Sunday, the number of coronavirus-related deaths in Elmhurst stayed the same over the last week, at 60. The mortality rate among those locally with the coronavirus is 1.6 percent.

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

Elmhurst's rate of increase of 1 percent was higher than DuPage County's hike of seven-tenths of 1 percent in the last week. Elmhurst makes up 5.2 percent of the county's population and 5.1 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload.

As of Sunday, Elmhurst had 80.7 coronavirus cases per thousand people. The figure compares to 70.3 in Darien, 70.8 in La Grange Park, 74.3 in Western Springs, 77.6 in Hinsdale, 79.5 in DuPage County, 85.1 in Clarendon Hills, 88 in suburban Cook County, 92.3 in Burr Ridge and 98.5 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,207,847, up seven-tenths of 1 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 20,924 state residents.

Nationally, 29.2 million people have caught the virus, up 1.6 percent from the week before. A total of 530,693 people have died from the virus in the United States.

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As of Monday, Elmhurst Hospital was caring for 14 patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, according to the hospital. That is up by seven from the previous week.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 173 people have died from the coronavirus at the facility. The number is the same as a week ago.

Since March, 1,595 patients have been discharged from Elmhurst Hospital following treatment for confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the hospital. Elmhurst Hospital's patient base covers an area far greater than Elmhurst itself.

Here is a look at the hospital's numbers since April: