Yes, That's Right — No New Virus Cases In La Grange

LA GRANGE, IL — In the last week, La Grange saw no new cases of the coronavirus, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

You read that correctly — no new cases. That's the first time that has happened since the pandemic began in March 2020.

As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 2,309 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic. That was the same number as a week before.

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, 88.2 in La Grange Park, 91.6 in DuPage County, 93.5 in Hinsdale, 94.2 in Elmhurst, 98.8 in Western Springs, 99.9 in Clarendon Hills, 102 in suburban Cook County and 104.2 in Burr Ridge.

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,387,297, up 0.1 percent from a week earlier, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 23,050.

Nationally, 33.3 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 596,971 people have died from the virus in the United States.