La Grange Virus Caseload Growth Slowing

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange saw a smaller percentage increase in its coronavirus caseload in the last week, with a 5 percent hike, according to Cook County Public Health Department numbers. That rate of increase was still higher than the 4 percent in suburban Cook County. The number of La Grange's cases now numbers at 309, up 13 from a week before. The village saw a 9 percent increase the previous week.

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 134 have been reported. La Grange Park, though, has had just one fewer death 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 20.2 coronavirus cases per thousand people. The figure compares to 9.2 in Darien, 9.8 in Western Springs, 10.2 in La Grange Park, 12.1 in Elmhurst, 12.2 in Clarendon Hills, 13.2 in DuPage County, 15.6 in Hinsdale, 16.9 in Burr Ridge and 17.8 in suburban Cook County.

IHSA Releases Specific Considerations For Fall Sports In Illinois — Don't miss updates in La Grange as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 194,080, up 7 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,636 state residents.

Nationally, 5 million people have caught the virus, up 8 percent from the week before. A total of 161,284 people have died from the virus in the United States.