Report Date: May 02 2020

Latest Update: May 02, 2020

There have been 23,887 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 58,505 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	23,887	987
Illinois (IDPH link)	58,505	2,559
U.S. (CDC link)	1,092,815	64,283
World (WHO link)	3,272,202	230,104
(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	987	100%	4.1%	36.5
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	8	0.8%	0.2%	1.4
30-39	23	2.3%	0.6%	5.0
40-49	60	6.1%	1.4%	17.8
50-59	116	11.8%	2.6%	37.1
60-69	199	20.2%	6.1%	75.7
70+	581	58.8%	8% 16.9%	246.9
Gender
Female	376	38.1%	3.3%	27.1
Male	611	61.9%	5.2%	46.3
Under investigation
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	224	23.3%	3.7%	28.8
Black, non-Latinx	508	52.9%	7.8%	64.8
White, non-Latinx	172	17.9%	5.5%	19.1
Asian, non-Latinx	48	5.0%	8.1%	26.7
Other, non-Latinx	9	0.9%	1.0%	7.5
Under investigation	26	2.6%	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	23,887	100%	882.7
Age
0-17	570	2.4%	103.8
18-29	3,704	15.5%	669.9
30-39	4,075	17.1%	893.0
40-49	4,356	18.2%	1,294.7
50-59	4,444	18.6%	1,420.0
60-69	3,278	13.7%	1,246.4
70+	3,443	14.4%	1,463.1
Under investigation	17	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	11,519	48.2%	831.0
Male	11,798	49.4%	893.9
Under investigation	570	2.4%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	6,094	35.2%	784.6
Black, non-Latinx	6,543	37.8%	834.3
White, non-Latinx	3,152	18.2%	350.2
Asian, non-Latinx	593	3.4%	329.7
Other, non-Latinx	910	5.4%	761.7
Under investigation	6,595	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	947	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	883	93.2%
No underlying chronic conditions	64	6.8%
Under investigation	40	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.