Most Darien Virus Cases Since February: County

DARIEN, IL – Darien saw the largest increase in new coronavirus cases since early February, according to the DuPage County Health Department.

As of Sunday, Darien had seen 4,022 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 77 in the last week. The previous week, the city experienced 54 new cases.

The city's number of coronavirus deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 36.

Here are the accumulated coronavirus cases throughout the pandemic:

As of Sunday, Darien had 186 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 195 in Hinsdale, 205 in DuPage County, 212 in Elmhurst, 213 in suburban Cook County, 220 in La Grange Park, 225 in Clarendon Hills and Western Springs and 230 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,114,036, a hike of 0.7 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,614.

Nationally, 81.1 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 990,527 people have died from the virus in the United States.