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Darien s rate of increase in coronavirus cases of 0.7 percent was the same as DuPage County s in the last week. Darien makes up 2.3 percent of the county s population, but 2.1 percent of the county s coronavirus caseload.
As of Sunday, Darien had 80.7 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic s beginning, better than its neighbors. The figure compares to 85.3 in La Grange Park, 90.1 in DuPage County, 92.4 in Hinsdale, 93.4 in Elmhurst, 94.4 in Western Springs, 99.1 in Clarendon Hills, 100.8 in suburban Cook County, 103.7 in Burr Ridge and 117.9 in La Grange (including unincorporated La Grange Highlands).
As of Sunday, Illinois coronavirus case count increased to 1,375,808, up 0.9 percent from a week earlier. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 22,623.
An interview with Oromo American human rights activist Seenaa Jimjimo on genocide in Ethiopia
May 13, 2021
Seenaa Jimjimo holds master’s degrees in public health and administration. Seenaa is an author and a dedicated human rights and women’s rights activist. From a very young age she felt grieved over the injustices she saw perpetuated against the Oromo people, particularly against Oromo women. While at the University of Illinois, she was a graduate student senator at large, co-founder and president of the African Student Organization at Truman College. Seenaa is a recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship and Whitney M. Young Fellowship. Currently, she is the executive director of Oromo Legacy Leadership and Advocacy Association and an environmental health specialist II for DuPage County Health Department. Here Seenaa is speaking to Congress about the Oromo people in 2017.