La Grange Sees Biggest Virus Case Hike During Surge: County

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange last week saw the most coronavirus cases during the latest surge, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, the village had 2,229 cases since the pandemic's beginning, up 74 from the previous week. The week before last, the village experienced 71 new cases.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the local number of recorded coronavirus-related deaths in La Grange stayed the same in the last week, at 40. The latest deaths were Nov. 30, Nov. 26, Nov. 18 and Nov. 10, according to the medical examiner.

Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases in La Grange:

As of Sunday, La Grange had 136 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 109 in Darien, 123 in DuPage County and Hinsdale, 127 in Elmhurst and La Grange Park, 134 in suburban Cook County, 135 in Clarendon Hills and 140 in Western Springs.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,944,056, a 3.2 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 27,117.

Nationally, 50.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 802,969 people have died from the virus in the United States.