La Grange Virus Cases Slightly Down: County

LA GRANGE, IL – La Grange's coronavirus caseload decreased slightly in the last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, the village had 3,655 cases since the pandemic's beginning, up 20 from a week earlier. The previous week, the village saw 27 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 224 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, the worst among its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 180 in Darien, 189 in Hinsdale, 201 in DuPage County, 208 in Elmhurst, 210 in suburban Cook County, 213 in La Grange Park, 218 in Clarendon Hills and 219 in Western Springs.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 3,094,485, a hike of 0.3 percent, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 33,510.

Nationally, 80.4 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, an increase of 0.3 percent in the last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 986,042 people have died from the virus in the United States.