Darien Virus Cases Highest In Nearly Year: County

DARIEN, IL — Darien last week saw its highest level of new coronavirus cases in nearly a year, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had seen 2,432 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 84 in the last week. The week before last, the city experienced 72 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 stayed the same in the last week, at 29. The deaths work out to about a thousandth of Darien's population.

The number of those who have recovered is unavailable.

As of Sunday, Darien had 112 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 128 in DuPage County and Hinsdale, 131 in La Grange Park, 134 in Elmhurst, 140 in suburban Cook County, 141 in Clarendon Hills, 143 in La Grange and 148 in Western Springs.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 2,021,302, a 3.9 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 27,435.

Nationally, 51.6 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.9 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 809,300 people have died from the virus in the United States.