La Grange Sees Further Drop In Virus Rate: County

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange saw a further drop in the rate of new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 2,220 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 19 from a week before, or a 0.9 percent increase. That was up from the previous week's 1.7 percent hike.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the local number of recorded coronavirus-related deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 31. The latest death was Feb 13. All the local deaths have been those who were 61 or older, according to the medical examiner.

The mortality rate among La Grange cases is 1.4 percent. About a tenth of 1 percent of the local population has died from the virus.

Here is a look at the growth in coronavirus numbers in La Grange, including La Grange Highlands:

As of Sunday, La Grange had 116.2 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, the worst among its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 80.3 in Darien, 84.1 in La Grange Park, 90.1 in DuPage County, 91.7 in Hinsdale, 91.8 in Western Springs, 93 in Elmhurst, 98.8 in Clarendon Hills, 99.9 in suburban Cook County and 102.7 in Burr Ridge.

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,363,507, up 0.7 percent from a week earlier. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 22,369.

Nationally, 32.7 million people have caught the virus, up 0.7 percent from the week before. A total of 581,573 people have died from the virus in the United States.