Report Date: October 05, 2020
Latest Update: October 05, 2020
There have been 82,039 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 303,394 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 | 82,039 | 2,976 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 67,086 | 2,284 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 303,394 | 8,805 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,396,730 | 209,199 |
| World (WHO) | 35,109,317 | 1,035,341 |
| 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 | 2,976 | 100% | 3.6% | 110.0 |
| 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 | 165 | 5.5% | 1.2% | 49.0 |
| 50-59 | 336 | 11.3% | 2.7% | 107.4 |
| 60-69 | 649 | 21.8% | 7.6% | 246.8 |
| 70+ | 1,725 | 58.0% | 22.2% | 733.0 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,229 | 41.3% | 3.0% | 88.7 |
| Male | 1,747 | 58.7% | 4.4% | 132.4 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 986 | 33.2% | 3.1% | 127.0 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,264 | 42.6% | 7.1% | 161.2 |
| White, non-Latinx | 570 | 19.2% | 4.7% | 63.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 125 | 4.2% | 7.3% | 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 | 82,039 | 100% | 3,031.8 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 5,973 | 7.3% | 1,088.0 |
| 18-29 | 18,387 | 22.4% | 3,325.3 |
| 30-39 | 15,246 | 18.6% | 3,341.1 |
| 40-49 | 13,798 | 16.8% | 4,101.0 |
| 50-59 | 12,382 | 15.1% | 3,956.4 |
| 60-69 | 8,493 | 10.4% | 3,229.4 |
| 70+ | 7,756 | 9.5% | 3,295.9 |
| Under investigation | 4 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 41,402 | 50.5% | 2,986.9 |
| Male | 39,542 | 48.2% | 2,995.9 |
| Under investigation | 1,095 | 1.3% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 32,063 | 47.9% | 4,128.3 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 17,845 | 26.7% | 2,275.4 |
| White, non-Latinx | 12,067 | 18.0% | 1,340.8 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,713 | 2.6% | 952.5 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,242 | 4.8% | 2,713.7 |
| Under investigation | 15,109 | 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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