Report Date: September 09, 2020
Latest Update: September 09, 2020
There have been 73,955 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 253,690 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 | 73,955 | 2,898 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 58,445 | 2,202 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 253,690 | 8,214 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 6,310,663 | 189,147 |
| World (WHO) | 27,486,960 | 894,983 |
| 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 | 2,898 | 100% | 3.9% | 107.1 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 71 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 15.6 |
| 40-49 | 161 | 5.6% | 1.3% | 47.9 |
| 50-59 | 323 | 11.1% | 2.8% | 103.2 |
| 60-69 | 632 | 21.8% | 8.0% | 240.3 |
| 70+ | 1,686 | 58.2% | 22.9% | 716.5 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,198 | 41.3% | 3.2% | 86.4 |
| Male | 1,700 | 58.7% | 4.8% | 128.8 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 946 | 32.8% | 3.3% | 121.8 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,234 | 42.8% | 7.3% | 157.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 552 | 19.2% | 5.4% | 61.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 124 | 4.3% | 8.0% | 68.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 25 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 20.9 |
| Under investigation | 17 | 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 | 73,955 | 100% | 2,733.0 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 4,996 | 6.8% | 910.0 |
| 18-29 | 16,035 | 21.7% | 2,900.0 |
| 30-39 | 13,566 | 18.3% | 2,972.9 |
| 40-49 | 12,656 | 17.1% | 3,761.6 |
| 50-59 | 11,431 | 15.5% | 3,652.5 |
| 60-69 | 7,909 | 10.7% | 3,007.3 |
| 70+ | 7,348 | 9.9% | 3,122.6 |
| Under investigation | 14 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 37,283 | 50.4% | 2,689.8 |
| Male | 35,600 | 48.2% | 2,697.2 |
| Under investigation | 1,072 | 1.4% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 28,622 | 47.5% | 3,685.3 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 16,850 | 28.0% | 2,148.5 |
| White, non-Latinx | 10,261 | 17.0% | 1,140.1 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,559 | 2.6% | 866.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,956 | 4.9% | 2,474.3 |
| Under investigation | 13,707 | 18.5% | - |
| 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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