Burr Ridge Passes Pandemic Milestone

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge passed a milestone in the pandemic last week: The number of its coronavirus cases is now above 1,000.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 1,005 coronavirus cases since the pandemic's beginning, a dozen more cases than a week before, or a hike of 1.2 percent. The previous week's increase was 0.6 percent. The virus has infected 9.3 percent of the town's population.

Of local coronavirus victims, the mortality rate is 3.7 percent. In the last week, Burr Ridge saw no new coronavirus deaths, with the total at 37, according to county health agencies. Most of the local deaths have been at nursing homes.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 93.4 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning, worse than most of its surveyed neighbors. The figure compares to 71 in Darien, 72.5 in La Grange Park, 76.2 in Western Springs, 79.4 in Hinsdale, 80.5 in DuPage County, 82.7 in Elmhurst, 87.1 in Clarendon Hills, 88.9 in suburban Cook County and 100 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 1,220,432, up 1.1 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21,059 state residents.

Nationally, 29.5 million people have caught the virus, up 1.3 percent from the week before. A total of 538,261 people have died from the virus in the United States.