Another Drop In Darien Virus Cases: County

DARIEN, IL — Darien saw yet another decrease in its weekly coronavirus caseload, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had seen 3,600 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 67 in the last week. The previous week, the city experienced 89 new cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, to 35. The deaths work out to about a thousandth of Darien's population.

Here are the accumulated coronavirus cases throughout the pandemic:

As of Sunday, Darien had 166 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 180 in Hinsdale, 188 in DuPage County, 197 in Elmhurst, 201 in suburban Cook County, 203 in Clarendon Hills, 204 in La Grange Park, 208 in Western Springs and 211 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 2,987,502, a 1 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 31,795.

Nationally, 77.5 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 2 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 915,425 people have died from the virus in the United States.