Another Big Hike In Darien's Virus Cases: County

DARIEN, IL — Darien last week saw its highest level of new coronavirus cases since the first days of 2021, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had seen 2,348 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 72 in the last week. The week before last, the city experienced 59 new cases. These latest numbers are the highest in nearly a year. In early January, the city saw a weekly total of 86 new cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, to 29. The deaths work out to about 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 pandemic:

As of Sunday, Darien had 109 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 123 in DuPage County and Hinsdale, 127 in Elmhurst and La Grange Park, 134 in suburban Cook County, 135 in Clarendon Hills, 136 in La Grange and 140 in Western Springs.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,944,056, a 3.2 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 27,117.

Nationally, 50.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 802,969 people have died from the virus in the United States.