Another Hike In Darien Virus Cases: County

DARIEN, IL – Darien saw yet another increase in the number of new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had seen 3,945 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 54 in the last week. The previous week, the city experienced 31 new cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, to 36.

Here are the accumulated coronavirus cases throughout the pandemic:

As of Sunday, Darien had 182 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 192 in Hinsdale, 203 in DuPage County, 210 in Elmhurst, 211 in suburban Cook County, 215 in La Grange Park, 219 in Clarendon Hills, 223 in Western Springs and 227 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,114,036, a hike of 0.6 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,568.

Nationally, 80.8 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, an increase of 0.4 percent in the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 988,589 people have died from the virus in the United States.