Report Date: May 22 2020

Latest Update: May 22, 2020

There have been 40,491 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 105,444 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	40,491	1,872
Illinois (IDPH link)	105,444	4,715
U.S. (CDC link)	1,571,617	94,150
World (WHO link)	4,995,996	327,821
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	1,872	100%	4.6%	69.2
Age
0-17	1	0.1%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	13	0.7%	0.2%	2.4
30-39	43	2.3%	0.6%	9.4
40-49	101	5.3%	1.4%	30.0
50-59	207	11.1%	2.9%	66.1
60-69	397	21.2%	7.8%	151.0
70+	1,110	59.3%	21.9%	471.7
Gender
Female	736	39.3%	3.7%	53.1
Male	1,135	60.6%	5.7%	86.0
Under investigation	1	0.1%	0.1%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	544	29.3%	3.9%	70.0
Black, non-Latinx	838	45.2%	8.8%	106.9
White, non-Latinx	357	19.3%	7.6%	39.7
Asian, non-Latinx	95	5.1%	10.7%	52.8
Other, non-Latinx	20	1.1%	1.4%	16.7
Under investigation	18	1.0%	0.2%	-
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	40,491	100%	1,496.3
Age
0-17	1,524	3.8%	277.6
18-29	6,999	17.3%	1,265.8
30-39	7,180	17.7%	1,573.5
40-49	7,467	18.4%	2,219.3
50-59	7,128	17.6%	2,277.6
60-69	5,111	12.6%	1,934.4
70+	5,057	12.5%	2,149.0
Under investigation	25	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	19,784	48.9%	1,427.3
Male	19,782	48.9%	1,498.8
Under investigation	925	2.2%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	14,121	45.9%	1,818.2
Black, non-Latinx	9,576	31.1%	1,221.0
White, non-Latinx	4,692	15.3%	521.3
Asian, non-Latinx	886	2.9%	492.7
Other, non-Latinx	1,476	4.8%	1,235.5
Under investigation	9,740	24.1%	-
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	1,820	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,675	92.0%
No underlying chronic conditions	145	8.0%
Under investigation	52	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.