3 Coronavirus Deaths At Hinsdale Hospital

HINSDALE, IL — Three people at the Hinsdale hospital died as a result of the coronavirus over a day's time this week, according to the hospital chain's latest information. As of Wednesday, the hospital had 37 coronavirus patients, more than double the number a little more than a week earlier.

At 2 p.m. Wednesday, the Amita chain reported in an email to Patch that the coronavirus had claimed the lives of three people in the preceding 24 hours at Amita Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale. The chain has not reported the total number of coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began. Elmhurst Hospital, by contrast, regularly releases that information to the public.

In the same email, Amita said its hospital in La Grange had 26 cases of the coronavirus as of Wednesday, but no deaths in the preceding day.

"At this time, both hospitals have all the resources and support needed at their respective facilities to care for these COVID positive patients as well as all other patients in the hospitals," Olga Solares, an Amita spokeswoman, said in an email.

Earlier this week, Elmhurst Hospital said it had 35 deaths of patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. That was seven more than the week before. It also said it had 57 coronavirus patients, a slight reduction from the previous week.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills had 72 confirmed cases of the coronavirus — 47 in Hinsdale and 25 in Clarendon Hills. The total was about 3 1/2 times the April 1 number, when it was as many as 20.

At Sunday's level, Hinsdale had 2.7 cases per thousand and Clarendon Hills 2.8. That compares with 1.2 per thousand in Western Springs, 2 in La Grange Park, 3.8 in Riverside and 4.4 in La Grange. In DuPage County as a whole, the rate is 2.7 cases per thousand.

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