La Grange Virus Caseload Up Again: County

LA GRANGE, IL – For the second week in a row, La Grange's coronavirus caseload increased, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, the village had 3,747 cases since the pandemic's beginning, up 49 from a week earlier. The previous week, the village saw 43 new cases.

On April 1, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office stopped counting the number of coronavirus deaths by municipality. At last count, the number was 44.

Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the crisis:

As of Sunday, La Grange had 230 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, the worst among its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares with 186 in Darien, 195 in Hinsdale, 205 in DuPage County, 212 in Elmhurst, 213 in suburban Cook County, 220 in La Grange Park, and 225 in Clarendon Hills and Western Springs.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,114,036, a hike of 0.7 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,614.

Nationally, 81.1 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, an increase of 0.4 percent in the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 990,527 people have died from the virus in the United States.