Report Date: October 01, 2020
Latest Update: October 01, 2020
There have been 80,652 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 295,440 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 | 80,652 | 2,962 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 65,472 | 2,267 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 295,440 | 8,696 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,213,419 | 206,402 |
| World (WHO) | 33,842,281 | 1,010,634 |
| 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 | 2,962 | 100% | 3.7% | 109.5 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 76 | 2.5% | 0.5% | 16.7 |
| 40-49 | 163 | 5.5% | 1.2% | 48.4 |
| 50-59 | 333 | 11.2% | 2.7% | 106.4 |
| 60-69 | 645 | 21.8% | 7.7% | 245.3 |
| 70+ | 1,720 | 58.1% | 22.5% | 730.9 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,226 | 41.4% | 3.0% | 88.4 |
| Male | 1,736 | 58.6% | 4.5% | 131.5 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 980 | 33.2% | 3.1% | 126.2 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,257 | 42.6% | 7.1% | 160.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 569 | 19.3% | 4.8% | 63.2 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 125 | 4.2% | 7.4% | 69.5 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 22 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 18.4 |
| Under investigation | 9 | 0.3% | 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 | 80,652 | 100% | 2,980.5 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 5,815 | 7.2% | 1,059.2 |
| 18-29 | 17,985 | 22.3% | 3,252.6 |
| 30-39 | 14,961 | 18.6% | 3,278.6 |
| 40-49 | 13,629 | 16.9% | 4,050.7 |
| 50-59 | 12,201 | 15.1% | 3,898.5 |
| 60-69 | 8,393 | 10.4% | 3,191.4 |
| 70+ | 7,661 | 9.5% | 3,255.6 |
| Under investigation | 7 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 40,683 | 50.4% | 2,935.0 |
| Male | 38,864 | 48.2% | 2,944.5 |
| Under investigation | 1,105 | 1.4% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 31,612 | 47.9% | 4,070.2 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 17,683 | 26.8% | 2,254.7 |
| White, non-Latinx | 11,787 | 17.9% | 1,309.7 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,693 | 2.6% | 941.4 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,166 | 4.8% | 2,650.1 |
| Under investigation | 14,711 | 18.2% | - |
| 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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