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As of Sunday, Illinois coronavirus case count increased to 1,363,507, up 0.7 percent from a week earlier. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 22,369. (Shutterstock)
LA GRANGE, IL La Grange saw a further drop in the rate of new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.
As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 2,220 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 19 from a week before, or a 0.9 percent increase. That was up from the previous week s 1.7 percent hike.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiner s Office, the local number of recorded coronavirus-related deaths stayed the same in the last week, at 31. The latest death was Feb 13. All the local deaths have been those who were 61 or older, according to the medical examiner.