Report Date: August 04, 2020
Latest Update: August 04, 2020
There have been 62,122 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 184,712 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 | 62,122 | 2,792 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 45,599 | 2,109 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 184,712 | 7,545 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 4,649,102 | 154,471 |
| World (WHO) | 18,142,718 | 691,013 |
| 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 | 2,792 | 100% | 4.5% | 103.2 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 20 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 3.6 |
| 30-39 | 68 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 14.9 |
| 40-49 | 150 | 5.4% | 1.4% | 44.6 |
| 50-59 | 314 | 11.2% | 3.1% | 100.3 |
| 60-69 | 610 | 21.8% | 8.7% | 231.9 |
| 70+ | 1,628 | 58.4% | 24.1% | 691.8 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,156 | 41.4% | 3.7% | 83.4 |
| Male | 1,636 | 58.6% | 5.5% | 124.0 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 909 | 32.7% | 3.9% | 117.0 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,197 | 43.1% | 8.0% | 152.6 |
| White, non-Latinx | 534 | 19.2% | 6.9% | 59.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 120 | 4.3% | 8.8% | 66.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 20 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 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 | 62,122 | 100% | 2,295.7 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 3,527 | 5.7% | 642.4 |
| 18-29 | 12,577 | 20.2% | 2,274.6 |
| 30-39 | 11,287 | 18.2% | 2,473.5 |
| 40-49 | 10,911 | 17.6% | 3,242.9 |
| 50-59 | 10,018 | 16.1% | 3,201.0 |
| 60-69 | 7,032 | 11.3% | 2,673.8 |
| 70+ | 6,760 | 10.9% | 2,872.6 |
| Under investigation | 10 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 31,165 | 50.2% | 2,248.4 |
| Male | 29,927 | 48.2% | 2,267.4 |
| Under investigation | 1,030 | 1.6% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 23,493 | 47.0% | 3,024.9 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 14,873 | 29.8% | 1,896.4 |
| White, non-Latinx | 7,764 | 15.5% | 862.7 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,356 | 2.7% | 754.0 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,501 | 5.0% | 2,093.4 |
| Under investigation | 12,135 | 19.5% | - |
| 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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