Hinsdale Sees Rise In Virus Case Rate: Agencies

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

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 3,314 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 20 in the last week. The previous week, the village recorded five new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 1,894 coronavirus cases, up two 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 198 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 178 in Darien, 200 in DuPage County, 206 in Elmhurst, 209 in suburban Cook County, 212 in La Grange Park, 216 in Clarendon Hills, 217 in Western Springs and 221 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,080,436, a hike of less than 0.1 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,465.

Nationally, 80.2 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, an increase of 0.1 percent in the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 982,663 people have died from the virus in the United States.