La Grange Sees Biggest Virus Case Hike In Weeks

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange saw a bigger increase in coronavirus cases in the last week than it has experienced in the last few. As of Sunday, the local cases numbered 336, up by 27 from the week before, or a 9 percent increase, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

In the last week, the village experienced no new coronavirus deaths, with the total remaining at 13, the county medical examiner's figures show. That number has stayed the same for weeks.

La Grange has had many more cases than similarly sized La Grange Park, where 143 have been reported. La Grange Park, though, has had just two fewer deaths than La Grange. Some La Grange residents and even a village trustee have tried to explain La Grange's relatively large number of cases by saying the statistics are based on ZIP codes and that La Grange's 60525 takes in Countryside, McCook and other areas. While the state gives numbers based on ZIP code, Cook County, where Patch gets its information, provides the figures by municipality.

Here is a look at the growth in La Grange's coronavirus case numbers:

As of Sunday, La Grange had 21.9 coronavirus cases per thousand people, worse than its neighbors. The figure compares to 10 in Darien, 10.7 in Western Springs, 10.9 in La Grange Park, 12.5 in Elmhurst, 12.8 in Clarendon Hills, 14 in DuPage County, 15.5 in Hinsdale, 17.8 in Burr Ridge and 18.6 in suburban Cook County.

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 206,081, up 6 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,744 state residents.

Nationally, 5.3 million people have caught the virus, up 7 percent from the week before. A total of 168,696 people have died from the virus in the United States.