Report Date: April 25 2020

Latest Update: April 25, 2020

There have been 17,303 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 41,777 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.

Download full report

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY	CASES (1)	DEATHS
Chicago	17,303	733
Illinois (IDPH link)	41,777	1,874
U.S. (CDC link)	895,766	50,439
World (WHO link)	2,724,809	187,847
(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	733	100%	4.2%	27.1
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	5	0.7%	0.2%	0.9
30-39	15	2.0%	0.5%	3.3
40-49	48	6.6%	1.5%	14.3
50-59	91	12.4%	2.7%	29.1
60-69	138	18.8%	5.7%	52.5
70+	436	59.5%	16.7%	185.3
Gender
Female	275	37.5%	3.3%	19.8
Male	458	62.5%	5.3%	34.7
Under investigation	-	-	-	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	142	19.9%	3.9%	18.3
Black, non-Latinx	398	55.9%	7.5%	50.7
White, non-Latinx	127	17.8%	5.2%	14.1
Asian, non-Latinx	37	5.2%	8.2%	20.6
Other, non-Latinx	8	1.2%	1.3%	6.7
Under investigation	21	2.9%	0.4%	-
(2) Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES (1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	17,303	100%	639.4

0-17	312	1.8%	56.8
18-29	2,524	14.6%	456.5
30-39	2,970	17.2%	650.9
40-49	3,131	18.1%	930.6
50-59	3,314	19.2%	1,058.9
60-69	2,429	14.0%	923.6
70+	2,615	15.1%	1,111.3
Under investigation	8	0%	-
Gender
Female	8,321	48.1%	600.3
Male	8,568	49.5%	649.2
Under investigation	414	2.4%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	3,598	29.0%	463.3
Black, non-Latinx	5,306	42.7%	676.6
White, non-Latinx	2,427	19.5%	269.7
Asian, non-Latinx	452	3.6%	251.3
Other, non-Latinx	640	5.2%	535.7
Under investigation	4,480	28.2%	-
(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	702	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	645	91.9%
No underlying chronic conditions	57	8.1%
Under investigation	31	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.