Report Date: September 21, 2020
Latest Update: September 21, 2020
There have been 77,500 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 275,735 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 | 77,500 | 2,933 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 62,097 | 2,234 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 275,735 | 8,457 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 6,786,352 | 199,024 |
| World (WHO) | 30,949,804 | 959,116 |
| 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 | 2,933 | 100% | 3.8% | 108.4 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 73 | 2.5% | 0.5% | 16.0 |
| 40-49 | 162 | 5.5% | 1.2% | 48.1 |
| 50-59 | 329 | 11.2% | 2.8% | 105.1 |
| 60-69 | 640 | 21.8% | 7.8% | 243.4 |
| 70+ | 1,704 | 58.1% | 22.7% | 724.1 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,212 | 41.3% | 3.1% | 87.4 |
| Male | 1,721 | 58.7% | 4.6% | 130.4 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 967 | 33.1% | 3.2% | 124.5 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,247 | 42.7% | 7.2% | 159.0 |
| White, non-Latinx | 558 | 19.1% | 5.0% | 62.0 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 125 | 4.3% | 7.6% | 69.5 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 23 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 19.3 |
| Under investigation | 13 | 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 | 77,500 | 100% | 2,864.0 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 5,429 | 7.0% | 988.9 |
| 18-29 | 17,098 | 22.1% | 3,092.2 |
| 30-39 | 14,312 | 18.5% | 3,136.4 |
| 40-49 | 13,152 | 17.0% | 3,909.0 |
| 50-59 | 11,832 | 15.2% | 3,780.6 |
| 60-69 | 8,167 | 10.5% | 3,105.4 |
| 70+ | 7,498 | 9.7% | 3,186.3 |
| Under investigation | 12 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 39.116 | 50.5% | 2,822.0 |
| Male | 37,307 | 48.1% | 2,826.6 |
| Under investigation | 1,077 | 1.4% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 30,232 | 47.8% | 3,892.6 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 17,273 | 27.3% | 2,202.4 |
| White, non-Latinx | 11,092 | 17.5% | 1,232.5 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,635 | 2.6% | 909.1 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,027 | 4.8% | 2,533.8 |
| Under investigation | 14,241 | 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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