Hinsdale Sees Drop In New Virus Cases: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL – Hinsdale saw a drop in new coronavirus cases in the last week, while Clarendon Hills experienced a rise, according to county agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 3,631 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 51 in the last week. The previous week, the village recorded 82 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 2,095 coronavirus cases, up 48 in the last week. The week before, the village experienced 44 cases.

Hinsdale's coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, with the total at 67 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 206 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares with 197 in Darien, 217 in DuPage County, 223 in suburban Cook County, 224 in Elmhurst, 237 in Western Springs, 239 in Clarendon Hills, 240 in La Grange Park and 246 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,249,534, a hike of 1.2 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,761.

Nationally, 83.1 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, an increase of 0.9 percent in the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 999,254 people have died from the virus in the United States.