Report Date: May 12 2020

Latest Update: May 12, 2020

There have been 32,595 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 83,021 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	32,595	1,435
Illinois (IDPH link)	83,021	3,601
U.S. (CDC link)	1,342,594	80,820
World (WHO link)	4,098,018	283,271
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	1,435	100%	4.4%	53.0
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	12	0.8%	0.2%	2.2
30-39	26	1.8%	0.5%	5.7
40-49	76	5.3%	1.3%	22.6
50-59	160	11.1%	2.7%	51.1
60-69	297	20.7%	7.0%	112.9
70+	864	60.3%	19.9%	367.2
Gender
Female	575	40.1%	3.7%	41.5
Male	858	59.8%	5.4%	65.0
Under investigation	2	0.1%	0.2%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	371	26.4%	3.8%	47.8
Black, non-Latinx	685	48.8%	8.6%	87.3
White, non-Latinx	264	18.8%	6.7%	29.3
Asian, non-Latinx	67	4.8%	9.3%	37.3
Other, non-Latinx	16	1.2%	1.3%	13.4
Under investigation	32	2.2%	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	32,595	100%	1,204.6
Age
0-17	1,008	3.1%	183.6
18-29	5,344	16.4%	966.5
30-39	5,679	17.4%	1,244.5
40-49	6,047	18.6%	1,797.3
50-59	5,908	18.1%	1,887.8
60-69	4,252	13.0%	1,616.8
70+	4,332	13.3%	1,840.9
Under investigation	25	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	15,710	48.2%	1,133.4
Male	16,013	49.1%	1,213.2
Under investigation	872	2.7%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	9,865	41.6%	1,270.2
Black, non-Latinx	8,005	33.7%	1,020.7
White, non-Latinx	3,919	16.5%	435.5
Asian, non-Latinx	724	3.0%	402.6
Other, non-Latinx	1,227	5.2%	1,027.1
Under investigation	8,855	27.2%	-
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	1,368	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,274	93.1%
No underlying chronic conditions	94	6.9%
Under investigation	67	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.