Report Date: July 21, 2020
Latest Update: July 21, 2020
There have been 57,340 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 163,703 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 | 57,340 | 2,731 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 41,122 | 2,056 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 163,703 | 7,324 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 3,819,139 | 140,630 |
| World (WHO) | 14,562,550 | 607,781 |
| 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 | 2,731 | 100% | 4.8% | 100.9 |
| 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 | 302 | 11.1% | 3.2% | 96.5 |
| 60-69 | 599 | 21.9% | 8.9% | 227.8 |
| 70+ | 1,597 | 58.5% | 24.6% | 678.7 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,123 | 41.1% | 3.9% | 81.0 |
| Male | 1,608 | 58.9% | 5.8% | 121.8 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 887 | 32.6% | 4.1% | 114.2 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,172 | 43.1% | 8.5% | 149.4 |
| White, non-Latinx | 520 | 19.1% | 7.5% | 57.8 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 120 | 4.4% | 9.7% | 66.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 20 | 0.8% | 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 | 57,340 | 100% | 2,119.0 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 2,994 | 5.2% | 545.4 |
| 18-29 | 11,230 | 19.6% | 2,031.0 |
| 30-39 | 10,261 | 17.9% | 2,248.6 |
| 40-49 | 10,193 | 17.8% | 3,029.5 |
| 50-59 | 9,455 | 16.5% | 3,021.1 |
| 60-69 | 6,697 | 11.7% | 2,546.5 |
| 70+ | 6,498 | 11.3% | 2,761.3 |
| Under investigation | 12 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 28,665 | 50.0% | 2,068.0 |
| Male | 27,698 | 48.3% | 2,098.5 |
| Under investigation | 977 | 1.7% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 21,597 | 47.0% | 2,780.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 13,767 | 30.0% | 1,755.4 |
| White, non-Latinx | 6,978 | 15.2% | 775.4 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,243 | 2.7% | 691.2 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,339 | 5.1% | 1,957.9 |
| Under investigation | 11,416 | 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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