Burr Ridge Mayor Says Next Weeks 'Will Tell The Tale'

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge saw another 8 percent weekly increase in its coronavirus caseload, rising by nine cases to 126, according to county health authorities.

In a statement last week, Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said he doubted new state restrictions would be imposed as a result of the pandemic. As of last Wednesday, he noted, DuPage County reported a 4 percent positivity rate for coronavirus testing, with no change in positivity for two weeks. The county's hospitalizations have fallen by 43 percent in the last four weeks, and intensive care unit bed availability is 42 percent, the mayor said.

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"Although significant increases in testing are occurring, we are not seeing significant spikes in the village, even with four senior living centers," Grasso said in his statement. "This is good news thus far. Nevertheless, the next two to four weeks will tell the tale."

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 11.7 coronavirus cases per thousand people. That compares to 7.2 in Darien, 7.6 in Western Springs, 7.9 in La Grange Park, 8.5 in Clarendon Hills, 9.6 in Elmhurst, 11 in DuPage County, 13.3 in Hinsdale, 16.5 in La Grange and 15.8 in suburban Cook County.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 161,575, up 5 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,295 state residents.

Nationally, 3.8 million people have caught the virus and 139,659 have died from it.