La Grange Sees Hike In Virus Cases: County

LA GRANGE, IL – La Grange experiences a doubling of coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, the village had 3,557 cases since the pandemic's beginning, up 37 from a week earlier. The previous week, the village saw 18 new cases.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the number of recorded coronavirus-related deaths in La Grange stayed the same in the last week, to 44. The latest deaths were Feb. 14, Jan. 27, Jan. 19, Jan. 16, Nov. 30 and Nov. 26, according to the medical examiner.

Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases in La Grange:

As of Sunday, La Grange had 218 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, the worst among its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 172 in Darien, 183 in Hinsdale, 193 in DuPage County, 201 in Elmhurst, 206 in suburban Cook County, 209 in La Grange Park, 210 in Clarendon Hills and 213 in Western Springs.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,0045,718, a 0.2 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,075.

Nationally, 79.3 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 1.5 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 964,774 people have died from the virus in the United States.