Hinsdale Sees Increased Virus Rate: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale saw its most weekly coronavirus cases in a month, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 1,796 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 28 in the last week. The week before last, the village also experienced 17 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 962 coronavirus cases, up by eight in the last week. The week before last, it recorded nine 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 102 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 90 in Darien, 97 in La Grange Park, 101 in DuPage County, 105 in Elmhurst, 110 in Clarendon Hills, 111 in Western Springs, 112 in suburban Cook County, 114 in Burr Ridge and 131 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,590,342, up 1.7 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 24,546.

Nationally, 41.9 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 2.5 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 670,565 people have died from the virus in the United States.