Report Date: May 11 2020

Latest Update: May 11, 2020

There have been 31,477 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 79,007 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	CASES¹	DEATHS
Chicago	31,477	1,400
Illinois (IDPH link)	79,007	3,459
U.S. (CDC link)	1,324,488	79,756
World (WHO link)	4,013,728	278,993
¹Does 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	1,400	100%	4.4%	51.7
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	12	0.9%	0.2%	2.2
30-39	26	1.9%	0.5%	5.7
40-49	72	5.1%	1.2%	21.4
50-59	158	11.3%	2.8%	50.5
60-69	293	20.9%	7.1%	111.4
70+	839	59.9%	19.9%	356.5
Gender
Female	560	40.0%	3.7%	40.4
Male	836	59.7%	5.4%	63.3
Under investigation	4	0.3%	0.5%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	358	26.2%	3.8%	46.1
Black, non-Latinx	665	48.7%	8.5%	84.8
White, non-Latinx	260	19.0%	6.8%	28.9
Asian, non-Latinx	66	4.8%	9.2%	36.7
Other, non-Latinx	16	1.3%	1.3%	13.4
Under investigation	35	2.5%	0.4%	-
²Race-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	31,477	100%	1,163.2
Age
0-17	955	3.0%	174.0
18-29	5,129	16.3%	927.6
30-39	5,453	17.3%	1,195.0
40-49	5,824	18.5%	1,731.0
50-59	5,735	18.2%	1,832.5
60-69	4,130	13.1%	1,570.4
70+	4,226	13.5%	1,795.9
Under investigation	25	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	15,142	48.1%	1,092.4
Male	15,487	49.2%	1,173.4
Under investigation	848	2.7%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	9,422	41.0%	1,213.1
Black, non-Latinx	7,823	34.0%	997.5
White, non-Latinx	3,851	16.7%	427.9
Asian, non-Latinx	714	3.1%	397.0
Other, non-Latinx	1,197	5.2%	1,002.0
Under investigation	8,470	26.9%	-
²Race-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	1,353	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,260	93.1%
No underlying chronic conditions	93	6.9%
Under investigation	47	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.