Hinsdale's Virus Rate Levels Off: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL — Last week, Hinsdale saw the same number of new coronavirus cases as it did the previous week, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 1,768 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up by 17 in the last week. The week before last, the village also experienced 17 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 954 coronavirus cases, up by four in the last week. The week before last, it recorded nine 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 100 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 89 in Darien, 97 in La Grange Park, 100 in DuPage County, 104 in Elmhurst, 109 in Clarendon Hills, 110 in Western Springs and suburban Cook County, 113 in Burr Ridge and 130 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,564,386, up 1.7 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 24,261.

Nationally, 40.9 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 2.6 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 656,318 people have died from the virus in the United States.