La Grange Sees Big Drop In New Virus Cases: County

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange, where new coronavirus cases have increased by about 100 each week for two months, saw a hike only half that last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 1,450 coronavirus cases, up by 53 from a week earlier, a 3.8 percent increase. This percentage hike is far less than those of the two previous weeks, both of which hovered around 8 percent.

Since early October, La Grange's cases have increased by nearly three times. The number of those who have recovered is unavailable.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the number of coronavirus-related deaths remained at 24. The latest deaths were Dec. 15 and Dec. 17. All the local deaths have been those who were 62 or older, according to the medical examiner.

The mortality rate among La Grange cases is 1.7 percent. Of the entire population of La Grange and La Grange Highlands, 7.6 percent have been infected with the coronavirus. About a tenth of 1 percent of the population have died from the virus.

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 75.9 coronavirus cases per thousand people, worse than its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 49.6 in La Grange Park, 52.8 in Darien, 55.3 in Western Springs, 55.5 in Hinsdale, 60.3 Clarendon Hills, 62.6 in DuPage County, 63.4 in Elmhurst, 68.6 in Burr Ridge and 68.9 in suburban Cook County.

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 937,909, up 4.2 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 15,969 state residents.

Nationally, 18.9 million people have caught the virus, up 7.5 percent from the week before. A total of 390,901 people have died from the virus in the United States.