Report Date: June 08, 2020

Latest Update: June 08, 2020

There have been 48,351 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 128,415 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	48,351	2,285
Illinois (IDPH link)	128,415	5,924
U.S. (CDC link)	1,938,823	110,375
World (WHO link)	6,931,000	400,857
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	2,285	100%	4.7%	84.4
Age
0-17	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.2
18-29	15	0.7%	0.2%	2.7
30-39	53	2.3%	0.6%	11.6
40-49	118	5.2%	1.3%	35.1
50-59	243	10.6%	2.9%	77.6
60-69	495	21.7%	8.3%	188.2
70+	1,360	59.5%	23.4%	577.9
Gender
Female	913	40.2%	3.9%	66.3
Male	1,366	59.8%	5.8%	103.5
Under investigation	0	0%	0%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	693	30.5%	3.9%	89.2
Black, non-Latinx	1,011	44.6%	9.1%	128.9
White, non-Latinx	435	19.2%	8.1%	48.3
Asian, non-Latinx	110	4.8%	10.4%	61.2
Other, non-Latinx	20	0.9%	1.1%	16.7
Under investigation	16	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	48,351	100%	1,786.8
Age
0-17	2,148	4.4%	391.3
18-29	8,678	17.9%	1,569.4
30-39	8,569	17.7%	1,877.8
40-49	8,854	18.3%	2,631.5
50-59	8,331	17.2%	2,662.0
60-69	5,933	12.3%	2,256.0
70+	5,815	12.0%	2,471.1
Under investigation	23	0.2%	-
Gender
Female	23,822	49.3%	1,718.6
Male	23,514	48.6%	1,781.5
Under investigation	1,015	2.1%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	17,739	47.8%	2,284.0
Black, non-Latinx	11,081	29.9%	1,412.9
White, non-Latinx	5,374	14.5%	597.1
Asian, non-Latinx	1,057	2.9%	587.7
Other, non-Latinx	1,824	4.9%	1,526.8
Under investigation	11,276	23.3%	-
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	2,232	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	2,057	92.2%
No underlying chronic conditions	175	7.8%
Under investigation	53	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.