Hinsdale Sees Rise In Virus Cases: Agencies

HINSDALE, IL – Hinsdale saw more coronavirus cases in the last week, while Clarendon experienced a decline, according to county health agencies.

As of Sunday, Hinsdale had 3,498 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, up 65 in the last week. The previous week, the village recorded 45 new cases.

Meanwhile, Clarendon Hills reached 2,003 coronavirus cases, up 36 in the last week. The week before, the village experienced 46 cases.

Hinsdale's coronavirus deaths stayed the same in the last week, with the total at 66 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 193 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 190 in Darien, 209 in DuPage County, 216 in Elmhurst and suburban Cook County, 225 in La Grange Park, 229 in Clarendon Hills and Western Springs, and 245 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,169,315, a hike of 1 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,660.

Nationally, 81.7 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, an increase of 0.7 percent in the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 995,823 people have died from the virus in the United States.