Darien Sees Another Weekly Drop In New Virus Cases: County

DARIEN, IL — Darien saw another slight drop in the percentage of new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had a total of 1,682 coronavirus cases, up 31 from a week before, or a 1.9 percent increase. The previous week, the city saw a 2.2 percent increase in cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, to 20. 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 1.9 percent was higher than DuPage County's percentage hike of 1.6 percent in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county's population, but only 2.1 percent of the county's coronavirus caseload.

As of Sunday, Darien had 77.8 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 80.7 in La Grange Park, 87.4 in DuPage County, 88.1 in Western Springs, 88.4 in Hinsdale, 90.4 in Elmhurst, 95.7 in Clarendon Hills, 96.3 in suburban Cook County, 100.8 in Burr Ridge and 111.6 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,321,033, up 1.7 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21,826 state residents.

Nationally, 31.8 million people have caught the virus, up 1.3 percent from the week before. A total of 568,237 people have died from the virus in the United States.

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