Report Date: August 21, 2020
Latest Update: August 21, 2020
There have been 67,906 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 215,929 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 | 67,906 | 2,844 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 51,729 | 2,153 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 215,929 | 7,857 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 5,551,793 | 173,490 |
| World (WHO) | 22,536,278 | 789,197 |
| 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 | 2,844 | 100% | 4.2% | 105.1 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 21 | 0.7% | 0.1% | 3.8 |
| 30-39 | 69 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 15.1 |
| 40-49 | 157 | 5.5% | 1.3% | 46.1 |
| 50-59 | 316 | 11.1% | 3.0% | 101.0 |
| 60-69 | 624 | 21.9% | 8.4% | 237.3 |
| 70+ | 1,655 | 58.3% | 23.5% | 703.2 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,172 | 41.2% | 3.4% | 84.6 |
| Male | 1,672 | 58.8% | 5.1% | 126.7 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 925 | 32.7% | 3.6% | 119.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,220 | 43.1% | 7.7% | 155.6 |
| White, non-Latinx | 543 | 19.2% | 6.0% | 60.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 122 | 4.3% | 8.4% | 67.8 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 21 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 17.6 |
| Under investigation | 13 | 0.5% | 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 | 67,496 | 100% | 2,509.5 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 4,233 | 6.2% | 771.0 |
| 18-29 | 14,271 | 21.0% | 2,580.9 |
| 30-39 | 12,417 | 18.3% | 2,721.0 |
| 40-49 | 11,770 | 17.3% | 3,498.0 |
| 50-59 | 10,696 | 15.8% | 3,417.4 |
| 60-69 | 7,460 | 11.0% | 2,836.4 |
| 70+ | 7,048 | 10.4% | 2,994.8 |
| Under investigation | 11 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 34,082 | 50.2% | 2,458.8 |
| Male | 32,782 | 48.3% | 2,483.7 |
| Under investigation | 1,042 | 1.5% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 26,021 | 47.1% | 3,350.3 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 15,931 | 28.9% | 2,031.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 9,092 | 16.5% | 1,010.2 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,460 | 2.6% | 811.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,713 | 4.9% | 2,270.5 |
| Under investigation | 12,689 | 18.7% | - |
| 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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