Hinsdale Sees Biggest Rise In Virus Cases Since May: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — In the last week, both Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills experienced rises in new coronavirus cases, according to county agencies. It was the biggest increase since early May.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 1,716 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up by 29 in the last week. The week before last, the village experienced 15 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 931 coronavirus cases, up by 14 in the last week. The week before last, it recorded 11 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 97.3 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 85 in Darien, 92.4 in La Grange Park, 96.1 in DuPage County, 99.6 in Elmhurst, 104.8 in Western Springs, 106.4 in Clarendon Hills, 107.5 in suburban Cook County, 110.3 in Burr Ridge and 135.3 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,482,369, up 1.7 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 23,717.

Nationally, 37.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 3.2 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 625,375 people have died from the virus in the United States.