5% Increase In La Grange Virus Cases In Last Week

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange saw 21 new coronavirus cases in the last week, increasing its total caseload by 5 percent, according to the Cook County Public Health Department. As of Sunday, the village had seen 455 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with its rate higher than suburban Cook County as a whole.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office reported that the latest two coronavirus deaths in La Grange were Aug. 27 and Sept. 4. That brings the total deaths to 15. Before the recent deaths, no La Grange resident had died as a result of the coronavirus since June 9. All the local deaths have been those who were 68 or older, according to the medical examiner.

The Cook County Public Health Department's coronavirus numbers for La Grange also include unincorporated La Grange Highlands, which the agency did not make apparent until recently. La Grange Patch has been using the health department's numbers all along. It is unclear whether other areas with La Grange addresses outside village limits are included in the county's La Grange figures.

Here is a look at the growth in coronavirus numbers in La Grange, including La Grange Highlands:

As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had 23.8 coronavirus cases per thousand people. The figure compares to 13.8 in Darien, 14 in La Grange Park, 16.3 in Western Springs, 17.1 in Elmhurst, 17.9 in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County, 21.1 in Hinsdale, 23 in suburban Cook County and 23.7 in Burr Ridge.

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 274,258, up 5 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 8,450 state residents.

Nationally, 6.7 million people have caught the virus, up 3 percent from the week before. A total of 198,754 people have died from the virus in the United States.