Report Date: October 07, 2020
Latest Update: October 07, 2020
There have been 82,551 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 307,641 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 | 82,551 | 2,982 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 67,845 | 2,290 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 307,641 | 8,878 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,475,262 | 210,232 |
| World (WHO) | 35,659,007 | 1,044,269 |
| 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 | 2,982 | 100% | 3.6% | 110.2 |
| 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 | 650 | 21.8% | 7.6% | 247.2 |
| 70+ | 1,730 | 58.0% | 22.2% | 735.2 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,232 | 41.3% | 3.0% | 88.9 |
| Male | 1,750 | 58.7% | 4.4% | 132.6 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 987 | 33.2% | 3.1% | 127.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,265 | 42.6% | 7.1% | 161.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 573 | 19.3% | 4.7% | 63.7 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 125 | 4.2% | 7.2% | 69.5 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 22 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 18.4 |
| Under investigation | 10 | 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 | 82,551 | 100% | 3,050.7 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 6,020 | 7.3% | 1,096.5 |
| 18-29 | 18,528 | 22.4% | 3,350.8 |
| 30-39 | 15,354 | 18.6% | 3,364.7 |
| 40-49 | 13,886 | 16.8% | 4,127.1 |
| 50-59 | 12,439 | 15.2% | 3,974.6 |
| 60-69 | 8,530 | 10.3% | 3,243.5 |
| 70+ | 7,791 | 9.4% | 3,310.8 |
| Under investigation | 3 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 41,662 | 50.5% | 3,005.7 |
| Male | 39,795 | 48.2% | 3,015.1 |
| Under investigation | 1,094 | 1.3% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 32,243 | 47.9% | 4,151.5 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 17,934 | 26.6% | 2,286.7 |
| White, non-Latinx | 12,178 | 18.1% | 1,353.1 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,725 | 2.6% | 959.2 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,265 | 4.8% | 2,733.0 |
| Under investigation | 15,206 | 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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