Report Date: April 20 2020

Latest Update: April 20, 2020

There have been 13,000 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 31,508 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	13,000	538
Illinois (IDPH link)	31,508	1,349
U.S. (CDC link)	746,625	39,083
World (WHO link)	2,319,006	157,970
(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	538	100%	4.1%	19.9

0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	3	0.6%	0.2%	0.5
30-39	11	2.0%	0.5%	2.4
40-49	36	6.7%	1.5%	10.7
50-59	72	13.4%	2.8%	23.0
60-69	97	18.0%	5.2%	36.9
70+	319	59.3%	16.0%	135.6
Gender
Female	208	38.7%	3.3%	15.0
Male	330	61.3%	5.1%	25.0
Under investigation	0	0.0%	0.0%	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	98	18.2%	4.3%	12.6
Black, non-Latinx	301	56.0%	7.0%	38.4
White, non-Latinx	85	15.8%	4.4%	9.4
Asian, non-Latinx	27	5.0%	7.6%	15.0
Other, non-Latinx	7	1.3%	1.3%	5.9
Under investigation	20	3.7%	0.6%	-

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES (1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	13,000	100%	480.4

0-17	209	1.6%	38.1
18-29	1,824	14.0%	329.9
30-39	2,212	17.0%	484.7
40-49	2,355	18.1%	699.9
50-59	2,534	19.5%	809.7
60-69	1,859	14.3%	706.9
70+	1,999	15.4%	849.5
Under investigation	8	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	6,292	48.4%	453.9
Male	6,501	50.0%	492.5
Under investigation	207	1.6%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	2,304	24.5%	296.7
Black, non-Latinx	4,313	45.8%	549.9
White, non-Latinx	1,916	20.4%	212.9
Asian, non-Latinx	356	3.8%	198.0
Other, non-Latinx	523	5.6%	437.8
Under investigation	3,588	(27.6%)	-
(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	509	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	471	92.5%
No underlying chronic conditions	38	7.5%
Under investigation	29	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.