La Grange's Coronavirus Rate Drops: County

LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange, including unincorporated La Grange Highlands, saw its coronavirus rate drop, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 2,309 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 20 from a week before, or a 0.8 percent increase. That was up from the previous week's 1.6 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 34. The four latest deaths were May 24, May 22, May 14 and 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 1.5 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, including unincorporated La Grange Highlands, had 120.8 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, the worst among its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 81.5 in Darien, 88.1 in La Grange Park, 91.4 in DuPage County, 93.2 in Hinsdale, 94 in Elmhurst, 98.7 in Western Springs, 99.6 in Clarendon Hills, 101.8 in suburban Cook County and 104.2 in Burr Ridge.

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,385,245, up 0.3 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 22,949.

Nationally, 33.2 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, up 0.3 percent from the week before, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 594,381 people have died from the virus in the United States.