Darien Coronavirus Rate Stays Low: County

DARIEN, IL — Darien continues to see weekly coronavirus rate increases of less than 1 percent, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had a total of 1,753 coronavirus cases, up eight from a week before, or a 0.5 percent increase. The previous week, the city saw the same increase in cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 21. That works out to less than a thousandth of Darien's population.

The number of those who have recovered is unavailable.

Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the crisis:

Darien's rate of increase in coronavirus cases of 0.5 percent was higher than DuPage County's rate of 0.4 percent in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but 2.1 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload.

As of Sunday, Darien had 81 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 87.3 in La Grange Park, 90.1 in DuPage County, 92.6 in Hinsdale, 93.8 in Elmhurst, 97.5 in Western Springs, 99.2 in Clarendon Hills, 101.5 in suburban Cook County, 103.9 in Burr Ridge and 119.8 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,381,665, up 0.4 percent from a week earlier. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 22,794.

Nationally, 33.1 million people have caught the virus, up 0.5 percent from the week before. A total of 590,959 people have died from the virus in the United States.

Read more:

Elmhurst Hospital Virus Caseload Dips To Single Digits: Stats

Don't miss updates in Darien as they are announced — Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters.