6% Increase In Burr Ridge Coronavirus Cases

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge's coronavirus caseload rose 6 percent in the last week, for a total of 255 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Burr Ridge's pandemic-related deaths have numbered 23, government figures show. That number has remained unchanged in recent weeks.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 23.7 coronavirus cases per thousand people. The figure compares to 13.8 in Darien, 14 in La Grange Park, 16.3 in Western Springs, 17.1 in Elmhurst, 17.9 in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County, 21.1 in Hinsdale, 23 in suburban Cook County and 23.8 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

Late last week, DuPage County was taken off the state Department of Public Health's warning list. The county was placed on the list Sept. 11.

"Take credit in this news; it is due to all our sacrifices we have made to fight the spread of the virus," Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said in a statement last week. "However, good news does (not) mean relaxing our vigilance."

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 274,258, up 5 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 8,450 state residents.

Nationally, 6.7 million people have caught the virus, up 3 percent from the week before. A total of 198,754 people have died from the virus in the United States.