Elmhurst Virus Case Count Stays High: County
ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst's coronavirus case count dropped last week, but still remains far higher than its record in 2020, according to the DuPage County Health Department.
As of Sunday, the city had seen 7,940 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 559 from a week before. The city hit a record of 599 the week before. In the pandemic's surge in late 2020, weekly coronavirus cases reached a high of 248 that November.
The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Elmhurst stayed the same in the last week, at 75. The mortality rate among those locally with the coronavirus is 1 percent.
Here is how Elmhurst's coronavirus cases have grown over time:
Date | Elmhurst | DuPage |
April 1, 2020 | 19 | 379 |
April 12, 2020 | 54 | 1,165 |
April 19, 2020 | 84 | 1,693 |
April 26, 2020 | 118 | 2,447 |
May 3, 2020 | 142 | 3,663 |
May 10, 2020 | 162 | 4,615 |
May 17, 2020 | 193 | 5,892 |
May 24, 2020 | 217 | 7,063 |
May 31, 2020 | 229 | 7,717 |
June 7, 2020 | 242 | 8,120 |
June 14, 2020 | 260 | 8,434 |
June 21, 2020 | 271 | 8,694 |
June 28, 2020 | 295 | 8,944 |
July 5, 2020 | 348 | 9,315 |
July 12, 2020 | 402 | 9,721 |
July 19, 2020 | 451 | 10,185 |
July 26, 2020 | 496 | 10,880 |
Aug. 2, 2020 | 525 | 11,458 |
Aug. 9, 2020 | 566 | 12,229 |
Aug. 16, 2020 | 582 | 12,880 |
Aug. 23, 2020 | 621 | 13,765 |
Aug. 30, 2020 | 657 | 14,459 |
Sept. 6, 2020 | 717 | 15,296 |
Sept. 13, 2020 | 753 | 15,997 |
Sept. 20, 2020 | 799 | 16,550 |
Sept. 27, 2020 | 880 | 17,435 |
Oct. 4, 2020 | 954 | 18,174 |
Oct. 11, 2020 | 1,024 | 19,269 |
Oct. 18, 2020 | 1,099 | 20,715 |
Oct. 25, 2020 | 1,168 | 22,339 |
Nov. 1, 2020 | 1,235 | 24,042 |
Nov. 8, 2020 | 1,422 | 28,230 |
Nov. 15, 2020 | 1,669 | 33,336 |
Nov. 22, 2020 | 1,943 | 38,418 |
Nov. 29, 2020 | 2,191 | 43,445 |
Dec. 6, 2020 | 2,435 | 48,257 |
Dec. 13, 2020 | 2,674 | 52,966 |
Dec. 20, 2020 | 2,794 | 55,532 |
Dec. 27, 2020 | 2,965 | 57,741 |
Jan. 3, 2021 | 3,095 | 60,630 |
Jan. 10, 2021 | 3,269 | 62,987 |
Jan. 17, 2021 | 3,372 | 65,248 |
Jan. 24, 2021 | 3,461 | 67,124 |
Jan. 31, 2021 | 3,531 | 68,619 |
Feb. 7, 2021 | 3,582 | 69,541 |
Feb. 14, 2021 | 3,611 | 70,450 |
Feb. 21, 2021 | 3,655 | 71,191 |
Feb. 28, 2021 | 3,694 | 71,873 |
March 7, 2021 | 3,735 | 72,865 |
March 14, 2021 | 3,774 | 73,389 |
March 21, 2021 | 3,865 | 74,246 |
March 28, 2021 | 3,919 | 75,073 |
April 4, 2021 | 4,002 | 76,388 |
April 11, 2021 | 4,101 | 78,179 |
April 18, 2021 | 4,174 | 79,422 |
April 25, 2021 | 4,227 | 80,664 |
May 2, 2021 | 4,274 | 81,708 |
May 9, 2021 | 4,317 | 82,551 |
May 16, 2021 | 4,346 | 83,133 |
May 23, 2021 | 4,366 | 83,734 |
May 30, 2021 | 4,386 | 84,098 |
June 6, 2021 | 4,394 | 84,343 |
June 13, 2021 | 4,404 | 84,534 |
June 20, 2021 | 4,409 | 84,600 |
June 27, 2021 | 4,418 | 84,676 |
July 4, 2021 | 4,423 | 84,757 |
July 11, 2021 | 4,431 | 84,829 |
July 18, 2021 | 4,440 | 84,985 |
July 25, 2021 | 4,448 | 85,340 |
Aug. 1, 2021 | 4,468 | 85,863 |
Aug. 8, 2021 | 4,502 | 86,625 |
Aug. 15, 2021 | 4,587 | 87,663 |
Aug. 22, 2021 | 4,656 | 88,734 |
Aug. 29, 2021 | 4,716 | 89,966 |
Sept. 5, 2021 | 4,795 | 91,418 |
Sept. 12, 2021 | 4,851 | 92,574 |
Sept. 19, 2021 | 4,904 | 93,623 |
Sept. 26, 2021 | 4,979 | 94,828 |
Oct. 3, 2021 | 5,023 | 95,719 |
Oct. 10, 2021 | 5,066 | 96,713 |
Oct. 17, 2021 | 5,098 | 97,618 |
Oct. 24, 2021 | 5,128 | 98,570 |
Oct. 31, 2021 | 5,155 | 99,444 |
Nov. 7, 2021 | 5,199 | 100,511 |
Nov. 14, 2021 | 5,261 | 101,786 |
Nov. 21, 2021 | 5,385 | 103,529 |
Nov. 28, 2021 | 5,461 | 104,724 |
Dec. 5, 2021 | 5,612 | 107,621 |
Dec. 12, 2021 | 5,722 | 110,270 |
Dec. 19, 2021 | 5,917 | 113,524 |
Dec. 26, 2021 | 6,253 | 118,099 |
Jan. 2, 2022 | 6,782 | 126,097 |
Jan. 9, 2022 | 7,381 | 136,825 |
Jan. 16, 2022 | 7,940 | 147,702 |
As of Sunday, Elmhurst had 170 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 138 in Darien, 157 in Hinsdale, 160 in DuPage County, 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 Elmhurst Patch
