Hinsdale Sees Hike In Virus Cases In Last Week: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale saw a hike in coronavirus cases in the last week, while Clarendon Hills experienced the same number, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 2,166 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 58 in the last week. That's the highest in nearly a year. The week before last, the village experienced 47 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 1,180 coronavirus cases, up 36 in the last week. The week before last, it recorded 36 new cases.

Hinsdale saw one more coronavirus death in the last week, with the total at 63 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 123 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 109 in Darien, 123 in DuPage County, 127 in Elmhurst and La Grange Park, 134 in suburban Cook County, 135 in Clarendon Hills, 136 in La Grange and 140 in Western Springs.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,944,056, a 3.2 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 27,117.

Nationally, 50.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 802,969 people have died from the virus in the United States.