Darien Sees Slight Drop In New Virus Cases: County

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

As of Sunday, Darien had a total of 1,651 coronavirus cases, up 36 from a week before, or a 2.2 percent increase. The previous week, the city saw a 2.5 percent increase in cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 19. 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 2.2 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 76.3 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 79.2 in La Grange Park, 86.1 in DuPage County, 86.6 in Western Springs and Hinsdale, 89.3 in Elmhurst, 94.6 in Clarendon Hills, 94.8 in suburban Cook County, 99.6 in Burr Ridge and 109.8 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,299,575, up 1.6 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21,653 state residents.

Nationally, 31.4 million people have caught the virus, up 1.6 percent from the week before. A total of 563,216 people have died from the virus in the United States.

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