Hinsdale Sees Most Virus Cases In 2 Months: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills are seeing the most coronavirus cases since September, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 1,944 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 28 in the last week. The week before last, the village experienced 15 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 1,043 coronavirus cases, up 19 in the last week. The week before last, it recorded 12 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 110 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 97 in Darien, 110 in DuPage County, 113 in Elmhurst and La Grange Park, 119 in Clarendon Hills, 120 in La Grange, 122 in Western Springs and suburban Cook County, and 133 in Burr Ridge.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,735,586, a 1.3 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 26,077.

Nationally, 46.9 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.1 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 759,552 people have died from the virus in the United States.