UpdatedSat, May 15, 2021 at 9:31 am CT
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As of Sunday, Illinois coronavirus case count increased to 1,354,967, up 1.3 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 22,223 state residents. (Shutterstock)
DARIEN, IL Darien last week saw the lowest coronavirus rate in more than a month, according to the DuPage County Health Department.
As of Sunday, Darien had a total of 1,724 coronavirus cases, up 15 from a week before, or a 0.9 percent increase. The previous week, the city saw a 1.2 percent increase in cases.
The city s number of coronavirus deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 21. That works out to less than a thousandth of Darien s population.
UpdatedMon, May 3, 2021 at 5:40 am CT
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As of Sunday, Illinois coronavirus case count increased to 1,337,868, up 1.2 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21,992 state residents. (Shutterstock)
ELMHURST, IL For the third week in a row, Elmhurst has seen a drop in its percentage hike in coronavirus cases, according to the DuPage County Health Department.
As of Sunday, the city had 4,274 cases, an increase of 47 cases from the week before, or a 1.1 percent hike. The previous week, it was 1.3 percent.
The number of those who have recovered is unavailable.
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As of Sunday, the number of coronavirus-related deaths in Elmhurst stayed the same in the last week, at 66. The mortality rate among those locally with the coronavirus is 1.5 percent.
UpdatedSun, May 9, 2021 at 12:54 pm CT
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As of Sunday, Illinois coronavirus case count increased to 1,337,868, up 1.2 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21,992 state residents. (Shutterstock)
DARIEN, IL Darien saw yet another drop in its percentage of new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the DuPage County Health Department.
As of Sunday, Darien had a total of 1,709 coronavirus cases, up 27 from a week before, or a 1.6 percent increase. The previous week, the city saw a 1.9 percent increase in cases.
The city s number of coronavirus deaths increased by one in the last week, to 21. That works out to less than a thousandth of Darien s population.
DuPage County has set an ambitious goal of vaccinating 80% of its residents by July 1. The challenge was announced on Friday at a press conference with county.
Karen Ayala, executive director of DuPage County Health, credits collaboration across the county in getting residents vaccinated.
She highlighted how school districts are working with the county to get students vaccinated. Ayala also says fire departments have been working to deliver in-home vaccinations for those who are homebound.
But not everyone is on board.
Dr. Jamie Aten, professor of Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership at Wheaton College says he filed a police report after receiving backlash for spotlighting a Pew Research Study that showed 45% of white evangelicals would not get a vaccine.
“One person even sending me a message on how it was punishable by death the fact that I was advocating for COVID-19 vaccines,” Aten said. “This is an issue broader than one particular faith community, but within evangelicalism, it’s a very diverse group.”