Hinsdale Sees Small Rise In New Virus Cases: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills both saw rises in new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 1,916 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 15 in the last week. The week before last, the village experienced 12 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 1,024 coronavirus cases, up 12 in the last week. The week before last, it recorded seven 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 109 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 96 in Darien, 109 in DuPage County, 110 in La Grange Park, 111 in Elmhurst, 117 in Clarendon Hills, 121 in Western Springs and suburban Cook County and 123 in Burr Ridge.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,712,986, a 1 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 25,948.

Nationally, 46.4 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 751,535 people have died from the virus in the United States.