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Hinsdale Virus Cases Up By Nearly A Third
An outbreak at a nursing home is driving the spike in the coronavirus caseload in Hinsdale.
HINSDALE, IL — The number of Hinsdale's coronavirus cases shot up by nearly a third in the last week, increasing to 163, from 125 a week earlier, according to Sunday's reports from county health authorities. This is largely because of an outbreak at a local nursing home. Neighboring Clarendon Hills, meanwhile, saw just three more cases in the last week, totaling 29.
As of Friday, ManorCare of Hinsdale nursing home, 600 Ogden Ave., had 147 coronavirus cases and 19 related deaths, according to the state Department of Public Health. It has the highest number of cases of any nursing home in DuPage County.
While Hinsdale has a hospital in its boundaries, 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.
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Here is the growth in the coronavirus case numbers in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills:
| Date | Hinsdale | Clarendon Hills |
| April 1 | 9* | 8 |
| April 19 | 32 | 25 |
| April 26 | 47 | 25 |
| May 3 | 125 | 26 |
| May 10 | 163 | 29 |
* 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.
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With the surge in Hinsdale cases, the village has the highest rate among nearby towns, with 9.2 cases per thousand residents. That compares to 1.8 in Western Springs, 3.3 in Clarendon Hills, 3.5 in Elmhurst, 3.6 in La Grange Park, 3.8 in Darien, 5 in DuPage County as a whole and 7.9 in La Grange.
Some other suburbs, meanwhile, are seeing higher rates. Park Forest, for example, has 16.8 cases per thousand people.
As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 77,741, up 26 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 3,406 Illinois residents. Health authorities do not provide the number of deaths by municipality.
Nationally, nearly 1.4 million people have caught the virus, and 80,574 people have died from it.
Read more:
Illinois Coronavirus Update May 10: 77,741 Cases, 3,406 Deaths
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