Darien Virus Caseload Falls, But Still High: County
DARIEN, IL — Darien saw a high number of coronavirus cases last week, but it was down from previous weeks, according to the DuPage County Health Department.
As of Sunday, Darien had seen 2,989 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 164 in the last week. The week before last, the city experienced 220 new cases. These latest numbers are well over the high in the surge in November 2020 — 125.
The city's number of coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, to 33. The deaths work out to about a thousandth of Darien's population.
Here are the accumulated coronavirus cases throughout the pandemic:
Date | Darien | DuPage |
April 1, 2020 | 15 | 379 |
April 12, 2020 | 40 | 1,165 |
April 19, 2020 | 47 | 1,693 |
April 26, 2020 | 60 | 2,447 |
May 3, 2020 | 80 | 3,663 |
May 10, 2020 | 83 | 4,615 |
May 17, 2020 | 94 | 5,892 |
May 24, 2020 | 107 | 7,063 |
May 31, 2020 | 113 | 7,717 |
June 7, 2020 | 116 | 8,120 |
June 14, 2020 | 125 | 8,434 |
June 21, 2020 | 131 | 8,684 |
June 28, 2020 | 140 | 8,944 |
July 5, 2020 | 142 | 9,315 |
July 12, 2020 | 147 | 9,721 |
July 19, 2020 | 155 | 10,185 |
July 26, 2020 | 170 | 10,880 |
Aug. 2, 2020 | 184 | 11,458 |
Aug. 9, 2020 | 198 | 12,229 |
Aug. 16, 2020 | 216 | 12,880 |
Aug. 23, 2020 | 229 | 13,765 |
Aug. 30, 2020 | 252 | 14,459 |
Sept. 6, 2020 | 264 | 15,296 |
Sept. 13, 2020 | 280 | 15,997 |
Sept. 20, 2020 | 298 | 16,559 |
Sept. 27, 2020 | 317 | 17,435 |
Oct. 4, 2020 | 325 | 18,174 |
Oct. 11, 2020 | 354 | 19,269 |
Oct. 18, 2020 | 385 | 20,715 |
Oct. 25, 2020 | 413 | 22,339 |
Nov. 1, 2020 | 447 | 24,042 |
Nov. 8, 2020 | 528 | 28,230 |
Nov. 15, 2020 | 653 | 33,336 |
Nov. 22, 2020 | 761 | 38,418 |
Nov. 29, 2020 | 857 | 43,445 |
Dec. 6, 2020 | 957 | 48,257 |
Dec. 13, 2020 | 1,052 | 52,966 |
Dec. 20, 2020 | 1,095 | 55,532 |
Dec. 27, 2020 | 1,143 | 57,741 |
Jan. 3, 2021 | 1,229 | 60,630 |
Jan. 10, 2021 | 1,284 | 62,987 |
Jan. 17, 2021 | 1,331 | 65,248 |
Jan. 24, 2021 | 1,383 | 67,124 |
Jan. 31, 2021 | 1,421 | 68,619 |
Feb. 7, 2021 | 1,441 | 69,541 |
Feb. 14, 2021 | 1,466 | 70,450 |
Feb. 21, 2021 | 1,484 | 71,191 |
Feb. 28, 2021 | 1,503 | 71,873 |
March 7, 2021 | 1,506 | 72,685 |
March 14, 2021 | 1,520 | 73,389 |
March 21, 2021 | 1,537 | 74,246 |
March 28, 2021 | 1,552 | 75,073 |
April 4, 2021 | 1,575 | 76,388 |
April 11, 2021 | 1,615 | 78,179 |
April 18, 2021 | 1,651 | 79,422 |
April 25, 2021 | 1,682 | 80,664 |
May 2, 2021 | 1,709 | 81,708 |
May 9, 2021 | 1,724 | 82,551 |
May 16, 2021 | 1,736 | 83,133 |
May 23, 2021 | 1,745 | 83,734 |
May 30, 2021 | 1,753 | 84,098 |
June 6, 2021 | 1,762 | 84,343 |
June 13, 2021 | 1,763 | 84,534 |
June 20, 2021 | 1,766 | 84,600 |
June 27, 2021 | 1,768 | 84,676 |
July 4, 2021 | 1,768 | 84,757 |
July 11, 2021 | 1,770 | 84,829 |
July 18, 2021 | 1,776 | 84,985 |
July 25, 2021 | 1,791 | 85,340 |
Aug. 1, 2021 | 1,801 | 85,863 |
Aug. 8, 2021 | 1,811 | 86,625 |
Aug. 15, 2021 | 1,838 | 87,663 |
Aug. 22, 2021 | 1,866 | 88,734 |
Aug. 29, 2021 | 1,889 | 89,966 |
Sept. 5, 2021 | 1,911 | 91,418 |
Sept. 12, 2021 | 1,935 | 92,574 |
Sept. 19, 2021 | 1,951 | 93,623 |
Sept. 26, 2021 | 1,968 | 94,828 |
Oct. 3, 2021 | 1,988 | 95,719 |
Oct. 10, 2021 | 2,002 | 96,713 |
Oct. 17, 2021 | 2,018 | 97,618 |
Oct. 24, 2021 | 2,032 | 98,570 |
Oct. 31, 2021 | 2,055 | 99,444 |
Nov. 7, 2021 | 2,076 | 100,511 |
Nov. 14, 2021 | 2,103 | 101,786 |
Nov. 21, 2021 | 2,137 | 103,529 |
Nov. 28, 2021 | 2,157 | 104,724 |
Dec. 5, 2021 | 2,217 | 107,621 |
Dec. 12, 2021 | 2,276 | 110,270 |
Dec. 19, 2021 | 2,348 | 113,524 |
Dec. 26, 2021 | 2,432 | 118,099 |
Jan. 2, 2022 | 2,605 | 126,097 |
Jan. 9, 2022 | 2,825 | 136,825 |
Jan. 16, 2022 | 2,989 | 147,702 |
As of Sunday, Darien had 138 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 157 in Hinsdale, 160 in DuPage County, 170 in Elmhurst, 172 in Clarendon Hills, 176 in La Grange Park, 177 in suburban Cook County, 183 in Western Springs and 184 in La Grange.
As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 2,589,640, an 8.7 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 29,099.
Nationally, 65.2 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 9.5 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 847,577 people have died from the virus in the United States.
This article originally appeared on the Darien Patch
