Report Date: October 06, 2020
Latest Update: October 06, 2020
There have been 82,212 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 305,011 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 | 82,212 | 2,979 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 67,355 | 2,289 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 305,011 | 8,836 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,436,278 | 209,560 |
| World (WHO) | 35,347,404 | 1,039,406 |
| 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 | 2,979 | 100% | 3.6% | 110.1 |
| 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+ | 1,728 | 58.0% | 22.2% | 734.3 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,231 | 41.3% | 3.0% | 88.8 |
| Male | 1,748 | 58.7% | 4.4% | 132.4 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 987 | 33.2% | 3.1% | 127.0 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,264 | 42.6% | 7.1% | 161.2 |
| White, non-Latinx | 571 | 19.2% | 4.7% | 63.4 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 125 | 4.2% | 7.3% | 69.5 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 23 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 19.3 |
| 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 | 82,212 | 100% | 3,038.2 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 5,995 | 7.3% | 1,092.0 |
| 18-29 | 18,425 | 22.4% | 3,332.2 |
| 30-39 | 15,279 | 18.6% | 3,348.3 |
| 40-49 | 13,835 | 16.8% | 4,112.0 |
| 50-59 | 12,393 | 15.1% | 3,959.9 |
| 60-69 | 8,506 | 10.3% | 3,234.3 |
| 70+ | 7,773 | 9.5% | 3,303.2 |
| Under investigation | 6 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 41,489 | 50.5% | 2,993.2 |
| Male | 39,627 | 48.2% | 3,002.3 |
| Under investigation | 1,096 | 1.3% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 32,140 | 47.9% | 4,138.2 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 17,881 | 26.7% | 2,280.0 |
| White, non-Latinx | 12,102 | 18.0% | 1,344.7 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,716 | 2.6% | 954.2 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,247 | 4.8% | 2,717.9 |
| Under investigation | 15,126 | 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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