Report Date: April 13 2020

Latest Update: April 13 2020

There have been 9,113 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 22,025 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.

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COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY	CASES (1)	DEATHS
Chicago	9,113	308
Illinois (IDPH link)	22.025	794
U.S. (CDC link)	554,894	21,942
World (WHO link)	1,776,867	111,828
(1) Does not include persons with pending COVID-19 tests or persons with COVID-19 related illness who have not been tested.

COVID-19 Death Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	DEATHS	% TOTAL DEATHS	% DEATHS WITHIN GROUP	RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION
Chicago	308	100%	3.4%	11.4
Age
0-17	1	0.3%	0.9%	0.2
18-29	2	0.6%	0.2%	0.4
30-39	5	1.7%	0.3%	1.1
40-49	24	7.8%	1.4%	7.1
50-59	42	13.6%	2.4%	13.4
60-69	55	17.9%	4.2%	20.9
70+	179	58.1%	12.9%	76.1
Gender
Female	128	41.6%	2.9%	9.2
Male	180	58.4%	4.0%	13.6
Under investigation	-		-	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	34	11.1%	2.8%	4.4
Black, non-Latinx	199	64.6%	6.4%	25.4
White, non-Latinx	46	14.9%	3.4%	5.1
Asian, non-Latinx	10	3.2%	4.1%	5.6
Other, non-Latinx	6	2.0%	1.5%	5.0
Under investigation	13	4.2%	0.5%	-

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES (1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	9,113	100%	336.8
Age
0-17	108	1.2%	19.7
18-29	1,256	13.8%	227.2
30-39	1,579	17.3%	346.0
40-49	1,673	18.3%	497.2
50-59	1,782	19.5%	569.4
60-69	1,317	14.5%	500.8
70+	1,392	15.3%	591.5
Under investigation	6	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	4,416	48.5%	318.6
Male	4,556	50.0%	345.2
Under investigation	141	1.5%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	1,226	19.4%	157.9
Black, non-Latinx	3,124	49.4%	398.3
White, non-Latinx	1,345	21.3%	149.4
Asian, non-Latinx	243	3.8%	135.1
Other, non-Latinx	390	6.1%	326.4
Under investigation	2,785	(30.6%)	-
(2) Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.

Underlying Chronic Conditions among Chicago residents who died from COVID-19

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% OF KNOWN
Known medical history	290	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	266	91.7%
No underlying chronic conditions	24	8.3%
Under investigation	18	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.