Hinsdale Saw Most New Virus Cases Since March: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills saw more new coronavirus cases than they did the previous week, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 1,837 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 41 in the last week. That's the most new weekly cases since March. The week before last, the village experienced 28 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 981 coronavirus cases, up by 19 in the last week. The week before last, it recorded eight new cases.

Hinsdale saw no new coronavirus deaths in the last week, with the total at 61 since the pandemic's beginning, according to county agencies. Clarendon Hills' number of deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 13.

Here is the growth in coronavirus case numbers in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills:

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 104 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 91 in Darien, 98 in La Grange Park, 103 in DuPage County, 106 in Elmhurst, 112 in Clarendon Hills and Western Springs, 113 in suburban Cook County, 115 in Burr Ridge and 132 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,612,129, up 1.4 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 24,783.

Nationally, 42.8 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 2 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 684,884 people have died from the virus in the United States.