Report Date: June 01, 2020

Latest Update: June 01, 2020

There have been 45,912 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 121,234 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	45,912	2,135
Illinois (IDPH link)	121,234	5,412
U.S. (CDC link)	1,787,680	104,396
World (WHO link)	6,057,853	371,166
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	2,135	100%	4.7%	78.9
Age
0-17	1	0.0%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	14	0.7%	0.2%	2.5
30-39	51	2.4%	0.6%	11.2
40-49	108	5.1%	1.3%	32.1
50-59	233	10.9%	2.9%	74.4
60-69	454	21.3%	8.0%	172.6
70+	1,274	59.6%	22.8%	541.4
Gender
Female	848	39.7%	3.8%	61.2
Male	1,284	60.2%	5.8%	97.3
Under investigation	3	0.1%	0.3%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	634	29.9%	3.9%	81.6
Black, non-Latinx	945	44.6%	9.0%	120.5
White, non-Latinx	419	19.7%	8.1%	46.6
Asian, non-Latinx	103	4.9%	10.3%	57.3
Other, non-Latinx	19	0.9%	1.1%	15.9
Under investigation	15	0.7%	0.1%	-
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	45,912	100%	1,696.7
Age
0-17	1,918	4.2%	349.4
18-29	8,150	17.8%	1,474.0
30-39	8,132	17.7%	1,782.1
40-49	8,425	18.3%	2,504.0
50-59	7,973	17.4%	2,547.6
60-69	5,709	12.3%	2,170.8
70+	5,580	12.2%	2,371.2
Under investigation	25	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	22,541	49.1%	1,626.2
Male	22,330	48.6%	1,691.8
Under investigation	1,041	2.3%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	16,325	47.0%	2,101.9
Black, non-Latinx	10,523	30.2%	1,341.8
White, non-Latinx	5,172	14.9%	574.7
Asian, non-Latinx	1,003	2.9%	557.7
Other, non-Latinx	1,720	5.0%	1,439.7
Under investigation	11,169	24.3%	-
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	2,085	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,921	92.1%
No underlying chronic conditions	164	7.9%
Under investigation	50	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.