Another Virus Record For Western Springs: County

WESTERN SPRINGS, IL — For the third week in a row, Western Springs broke its record for new coronavirus cases, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, the village had experienced 2,314 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 188 new cases in the last week. The previous two weeks were 155 and 98, respectively.

For four weeks last June and July, the village's coronavirus case count did not budge.

The number of Western Springs' virus-related deaths stayed the same in the last week, at six. The latest deaths were reported May 31 and May 11, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. That's a mortality rate of less than 1 percent. All the local deaths have been those who were 53 or older, according to the county medical examiner.

The number of those who have recovered is unavailable.

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

As of Sunday, Western Springs had 173 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, the worst among its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 131 in Darien, 148 in DuPage County, 150 in Hinsdale, 158 in Elmhurst, 159 in La Grange Park, 163 in suburban Cook County, 164 in Clarendon Hills and 171 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 2,382,437, a 10.8 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 28,361.

Nationally, 59.5 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 10.6 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 834,077 people have died from the virus in the United States.