Hinsdale Still Sees Big Jumps In Virus Caseload

HINSDALE, IL — Hinsdale continues to see relatively big increases in the number of coronavirus cases compared with June. As of Sunday, the village saw 19 new cases over the previous week, now totaling 220.

That is more than triple the number of neighboring Clarendon Hills, which saw a weekly increase of five cases, to 62.

So far, Hinsdale has seen 37 coronavirus-related deaths, compared with one in Clarendon Hills, according to county health authorities. Hinsdale's number is likely driven by an outbreak at the ManorCare Hinsdale nursing home.

Here is the growth in coronavirus case numbers in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills:

* Cook County reported a range of 1 to 4 cases on the Cook County side of Hinsdale on April 1. At most, Hinsdale would have had 12 cases total.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 12.5 coronavirus cases per thousand people. That compares to 6.2 in Western Springs, 6.8 in Darien, 7 in Clarendon Hills, 7.4 in La Grange Park, 8.6 in Elmhurst, 10.5 in DuPage County, 10.9 in Burr Ridge, 14.8 in La Grange and 15.2 in suburban Cook County.

As of Sunday, the local hospital, AMITA Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale, had five patients diagnosed with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, spokeswoman Olga Solares said in an email. As of the end of June, 25 people had died at the hospital as the result of the virus, she said.

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As of Friday, ManorCare Hinsdale nursing home had reported 168 coronavirus cases and 32 related deaths, according to the state Department of Public Health. Those numbers have barely budged in recent weeks. Nursing home numbers include employees who may live in other towns. Such employees are not listed as being from Hinsdale in the case numbers.

While Hinsdale has a hospital in its boundaries — AMITA Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale — that would not explain the village's caseload. Coronavirus patients are counted at the place of their residence, not at the hospital where they are admitted, according to the state.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 153,916, up 4.5 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,187 state residents.

Nationally, 3.2 million people have caught the virus and 134,572 have died from it.