Report Date: August 05, 2020
Latest Update: August 05, 2020
There have been 62,437 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 186,471 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 | 62,437 | 2,798 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 45,968 | 2,111 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 186,471 | 7,573 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 4,748,806 | 156,311 |
| World (WHO) | 18,354,342 | 696,147 |
| 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 | 2,798 | 100% | 4.5% | 103.4 |
| 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 | 151 | 5.4% | 1.4% | 44.9 |
| 50-59 | 313 | 11.2% | 3.1% | 100.0 |
| 60-69 | 613 | 21.9% | 8.7% | 233.1 |
| 70+ | 1,631 | 58.3% | 24.1% | 693.1 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,157 | 41.4% | 3.7% | 83.5 |
| Male | 1,641 | 58.6% | 5.5% | 124.3 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 911 | 32.7% | 3.9% | 117.3 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,198 | 43.0% | 8.0% | 152.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 536 | 19.2% | 6.8% | 59.6 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 120 | 4.3% | 8.8% | 66.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 21 | 0.8% | 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 | 62,437 | 100% | 2,307.4 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 3,553 | 5.7% | 647.2 |
| 18-29 | 12,669 | 20.3% | 2,291.2 |
| 30-39 | 11,342 | 18.2% | 2,485.5 |
| 40-49 | 10,963 | 17.6% | 3,258.3 |
| 50-59 | 10,063 | 16.1% | 3,215.3 |
| 60-69 | 7,063 | 11.3% | 2,685.6 |
| 70+ | 6,774 | 10.8% | 2,878.6 |
| Under investigation | 10 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 31,344 | 50.2% | 2,261.3 |
| Male | 30,071 | 48.2% | 2,278.3 |
| Under investigation | 1,022 | 1.6% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 23,636 | 47.0% | 3,043.3 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 14,926 | 29.7% | 1,903.2 |
| White, non-Latinx | 7,828 | 15.6% | 869.8 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,365 | 2.7% | 759.0 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,516 | 5.0% | 2,105.9 |
| Under investigation | 12,166 | 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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