Another Hike In Hinsdale Virus Rate: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL – Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills saw rises in new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 3,342 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 28 in the last week. The previous week, the village recorded 20 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 1,906 coronavirus cases, up by a dozen in the last week. The week before, the village experienced two cases.

Hinsdale's coronavirus deaths stayed the same in the last week, with the total at 65 since the pandemic's beginning, according to county agencies. Clarendon Hills' number of deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 18.

Here is the growth in coronavirus case numbers in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills:

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 189 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 180 in Darien, 201 in DuPage County, 208 in Elmhurst, 210 in suburban Cook County, 213 in La Grange Park, 218 in Clarendon Hills, 219 in Western Springs and 224 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,094,485, a hike of 0.3 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,510.

Nationally, 80.4 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, an increase of 0.3 percent in the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 986,042 people have died from the virus in the United States.