Hinsdale Sees Most Virus Cases Since January: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale saw more coronavirus cases in the last week than it has experienced in a single week since January, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 1,991 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 47 in the last week. The week before last, the village experienced 28 new cases. In late January, Hinsdale saw a weekly total of 51 new coronavirus cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 1,056 coronavirus cases, up 13 in the last week. The week before last, it recorded 19 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 113 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 97 in Darien, 112 in DuPage County, 1115 in Elmhurst and La Grange Park, 121 in Clarendon Hills and La Grange, and 125 in Western Springs and suburban Cook County.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,763,866, 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 26,227.

Nationally, 46.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.4 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 770,461 people have died from the virus in the United States.