Western Springs Virus Caseload Still High: County
WESTERN SPRINGS, IL — Western Springs saw a high number of coronavirus cases last week, but it was down from previous weeks, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.
As of Sunday, the village had experienced 2,442 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 128 new cases in the last week. The previous two weeks were 188 and 155, 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.
Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the crisis:
Date | Western Springs | Suburban Cook |
April 12, 2020 | 12 | 5,512 |
April 19, 2020 | 14 | 7,893 |
April 26, 2020 | 16 | 11,688 |
May 3, 2020 | 19 | 16,356 |
May 10, 2020 | 24 | 20,154 |
May 17, 2020 | 33 | 23,839 |
May 24, 2020 | 39 | 27,573 |
May 31, 2020 | 42 | 30,149 |
June 7, 2020 | 44 | 31,894 |
June 14, 2020 | 44 | 33,057 |
June 27, 2020 | 47 | 34,087 |
June 28, 2020 | 50 | 35,137 |
July 5, 2020 | 63 | 36,242 |
July 12, 2020 | 83 | 37,414 |
July 19, 2020 | 102 | 38,746 |
July 26, 2020 | 116 | 40,439 |
Aug. 3, 2020 | 127 | 41,965 |
Aug. 10, 2020 | 131 | 43,627 |
Aug. 16, 2020 | 143 | 45,797 |
Aug. 23, 2020 | 154 | 48,111 |
Aug. 30, 2020 | 169 | 50,199 |
Sept. 6, 2020 | 190 | 52,973 |
Sept. 13, 2020 | 203 | 55,027 |
Sept. 20, 2020 | 218 | 56,808 |
Sept. 27, 2020 | 233 | 58,868 |
Oct. 4, 2020 | 243 | 61,099 |
Oct. 11, 2020 | 261 | 63,990 |
Oct. 18, 2020 | 271 | 67,825 |
Oct. 25, 2020 | 281 | 72,167 |
Nov. 1, 2020 | 297 | 76,070 |
Nov. 8, 2020 | 341 | 85,935 |
Nov. 15, 2020 | 430 | 101,257 |
Nov. 22, 2020 | 486 | 113,718 |
Nov. 29, 2020 | 550 | 126,550 |
Dec. 6, 2020 | 625 | 139,697 |
Dec. 13, 2020 | 672 | 151,761 |
Dec. 20, 2020 | 709 | 161,592 |
Dec. 27, 2020 | 739 | 169,188 |
Jan. 3, 2021 | 763 | 175,510 |
Jan. 10, 2021 | 812 | 184,374 |
Jan. 17, 2021 | 846 | 191,400 |
Jan. 24, 2021 | 881 | 197,474 |
Jan. 31, 2021 | 901 | 201,944 |
Feb. 7, 2021 | 917 | 205,149 |
Feb. 14, 2021 | 934 | 207,433 |
Feb. 21, 2021 | 950 | 210,516 |
Feb. 28, 2021 | 957 | 212,428 |
March 7, 2021 | 977 | 214,356 |
March 14, 2021 | 993 | 216,335 |
March 21, 2021 | 1,018 | 218,512 |
March 28, 2021 | 1,045 | 221,233 |
April 4, 2021 | 1,072 | 224,708 |
April 11, 2021 | 1,106 | 228,663 |
April 18, 2021 | 1,144 | 232,883 |
April 25, 2021 | 1,177 | 236,648 |
May 2, 2021 | 1,190 | 240,085 |
May 9, 2021 | 1,200 | 243,156 |
May 16, 2021 | 1,227 | 245,489 |
May 23, 2021 | 1,261 | 247,632 |
May 30, 2021 | 1,302 | 249,317 |
June 6, 2021 | 1,319 | 250,204 |
June 13, 2021 | 1,320 | 250,572 |
June 20, 2021 | 1,321 | 250,813 |
June 27, 2021 | 1,321 | 251,018 |
July 4, 2021 | 1,321 | 251,232 |
July 11, 2021 | 1,321 | 251,486 |
July 18, 2021 | 1,326 | 252,288 |
July 25, 2021 | 1,331 | 252,766 |
Aug. 1, 2021 | 1,339 | 254,109 |
Aug. 8, 2021 | 1,358 | 256,204 |
Aug. 15, 2021 | 1,375 | 258,703 |
Aug. 22, 2021 | 1,400 | 261,575 |
Aug. 29, 2021 | 1,427 | 264,906 |
Sept. 5, 2021 | 1,449 | 268,116 |
Sept. 12, 2021 | 1,472 | 271,333 |
Sept. 19, 2021 | 1,482 | 274,213 |
Sept. 26, 2021 | 1,495 | 277,581 |
Oct. 3, 2021 | 1,501 | 280,324 |
Oct. 10, 2021 | 1,520 | 283,241 |
Oct. 17, 2021 | 1,531 | 285,608 |
Oct. 24, 2021 | 1,549 | 287,913 |
Oct. 31, 2021 | 1,582 | 290,477 |
Nov. 7, 2021 | 1,610 | 293,070 |
Nov. 14, 2021 | 1,636 | 296,498 |
Nov. 21, 2021 | 1,664 | 300,729 |
Nov. 28, 2021 | 1,699 | 305,638 |
Dec. 5, 2021 | 1,742 | 311,393 |
Dec. 12, 2021 | 1,786 | 318,997 |
Dec. 19, 2021 | 1,873 | 329,996 |
Dec. 26, 2021 | 1,971 | 344,425 |
Jan. 2, 2022 | 2,126 | 367,246 |
Jan. 9, 2022 | 2,314 | 400,490 |
Jan. 16, 2022 | 2,442 | 435,020 |
As of Sunday, Western springs had 183 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 138 in Darien, 157 in Hinsdale, 160 in DuPage County, 170 in Elmhurst, 172 in Clarendon Hills, 176 in La Grange Park, 177 in suburban Cook County 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 Western Springs Patch
