Burr Ridge Sees 10% Jump In Virus Cases: Stats

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge has seen a 10 percent rise in coronavirus cases over the last week. According to county health authorities, the village's caseload numbered 231 as of Sunday, up from 210 a week before.

"I continue to be optimistic in saying that Burr Ridge, at least, has weathered the recent spikes and that we can feel with some confidence that locally the trend is downward...," Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said in his weekly coronavirus statement Friday.

Burr Ridge's pandemic-related deaths have numbered 23, government figures show.

As of Sunday, Burr Ridge had 21.5 coronavirus cases per thousand people. The figure compares to 12.2 in Darien, 13.4 in La Grange Park, 14.2 in Western Springs, 15.3 in Elmhurst, 16.5 in Clarendon Hills, 16.6 in DuPage County, 19.1 in Hinsdale, 21.6 in suburban Cook County and 21.8 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).

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As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 250,961, up 8 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 8,179 state residents.

Nationally, 6.2 million people have caught the virus, up 7 percent from the week before. A total of 188,513 people have died from the virus in the United States.