Report Date: September 01, 2020
Latest Update: September 01, 2020
There have been 71,429 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 236,515 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 | 71,429 | 2,883 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 55,551 | 2,186 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 236,515 | 8,064 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 6,004,443 | 183,050 |
| World (WHO) | 25,327,098 | 848,255 |
| 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 | 2,883 | 100% | 4.0% | 106.5 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.2% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 70 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 15.3 |
| 40-49 | 160 | 5.5% | 1.3% | 47.6 |
| 50-59 | 319 | 11.1% | 2.9% | 101.9 |
| 60-69 | 630 | 21.9% | 8.2% | 239.6 |
| 70+ | 1,679 | 58.2% | 23.3% | 713.5 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,192 | 41.3% | 3.3% | 86.0 |
| Male | 1,691 | 58.7% | 4.9% | 128.1 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 936 | 32.6% | 3.4% | 120.5 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,231 | 42.9% | 7.5% | 157.0 |
| White, non-Latinx | 552 | 19.3% | 5.7% | 61.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 123 | 4.3% | 8.1% | 68.4 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 25 | 0.9% | 0.9% | 20.9 |
| Under investigation | 16 | 0.6% | 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 | 71,429 | 100% | 2,639.7 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 4,720 | 6.6% | 859.7 |
| 18-29 | 15,280 | 21.4% | 2,763.4 |
| 30-39 | 13,069 | 18.3% | 2,864.0 |
| 40-49 | 12,286 | 17.2% | 3,651.6 |
| 50-59 | 11,127 | 15.6% | 3,555.3 |
| 60-69 | 7,711 | 10.8% | 2,932.0 |
| 70+ | 7,221 | 10.1% | 3,068.6 |
| Under investigation | 15 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 35,936 | 50.3% | 2,592.6 |
| Male | 34,431 | 48.2% | 2,608.7 |
| Under investigation | 1,062 | 1.5% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 27,637 | 47.4% | 3,558.4 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 16,465 | 28.3% | 2,099.4 |
| White, non-Latinx | 9,767 | 16.8% | 1,085.2 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,520 | 2.6% | 845.2 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,868 | 4.9% | 2,400.7 |
| Under investigation | 13,172 | 18.4% | - |
| 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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