Report Date: July 20, 2020
Latest Update: July 20, 2020
There have been 57,148 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 162,748 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.
COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography
| GEOGRAPHY | CASES1 | DEATHS |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 57,148 | 2,727 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 41,902 | 2,049 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 162,748 | 7,301 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 3,761,362 | 140,157 |
| World (WHO) | 14,348,858 | 603,691 |
| 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 | 2,727 | 100% | 4.8% | 100.8 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 20 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 3.6 |
| 30-39 | 66 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 14.5 |
| 40-49 | 145 | 5.3% | 1.4% | 43.1 |
| 50-59 | 301 | 11.0% | 3.2% | 96.2 |
| 60-69 | 598 | 21.9% | 9.0% | 227.4 |
| 70+ | 1,595 | 58.6% | 24.6% | 677.8 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,121 | 41.1% | 3.9% | 80.9 |
| Male | 1,606 | 58.9% | 5.8% | 121.7 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 884 | 32.6% | 4.1% | 113.8 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,171 | 43.1% | 8.5% | 149.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 520 | 19.2% | 7.5% | 57.8 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 120 | 4.4% | 9.7% | 66.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 20 | 0.7% | 0.9% | 16.7 |
| Under investigation | 12 | 0.4% | 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 CASES1 | RATE PER 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 57,148 | 100% | 2,111.9 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 2,985 | 5.2% | 543.7 |
| 18-29 | 11,177 | 19.6% | 2,021.4 |
| 30-39 | 10,224 | 17.9% | 2,240.5 |
| 40-49 | 10,148 | 17.8% | 3,016.1 |
| 50-59 | 9,438 | 16.5% | 3,015.7 |
| 60-69 | 6,680 | 11.7% | 2,540.0 |
| 70+ | 6,484 | 11.3% | 2,755.4 |
| Under investigation | 12 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 28,571 | 50.0% | 2,061.2 |
| Male | 27,603 | 48.3% | 2,091.3 |
| Under investigation | 974 | 1.7% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 21,513 | 47.0% | 2,769.9 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 13,707 | 30.0% | 1,747.7 |
| White, non-Latinx | 6,948 | 15.2% | 772.0 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,236 | 2.7% | 687.3 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,344 | 5.1% | 1,962.0 |
| Under investigation | 11,400 | 19.9% | - |
| 2Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider. | |||
COVID-19 Reports
Data Source: Providers reporting to CDPH through the Illinois' National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS)
Data Source: Providers reporting to CDPH through the Illinois' National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS)
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