Report Date: October 08, 2020
Latest Update: October 08, 2020
There have been 83,074 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 310,700 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 | 83,074 | 2,984 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 68,400 | 2,296 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 310,700 | 8,910 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,528,313 | 211,132 |
| World (WHO) | 36,002,827 | 1,049,810 |
| 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 | 2,984 | 100% | 3.6% | 110.3 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 76 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 16.7 |
| 40-49 | 166 | 5.6% | 1.2% | 49.3 |
| 50-59 | 336 | 11.3% | 2.7% | 107.4 |
| 60-69 | 651 | 21.8% | 7.6% | 247.5 |
| 70+ | 1,730 | 58.0% | 22.1% | 735.2 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,232 | 41.3% | 2.9% | 88.9 |
| Male | 1,752 | 58.7% | 4.4% | 132.6 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 989 | 33.2% | 3.0% | 127.3 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,266 | 42.6% | 7.0% | 161.4 |
| 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 | 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 | 83,074 | 100% | 3,070.0 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 6,072 | 7.3% | 1,106.0 |
| 18-29 | 18,673 | 22.5% | 3,377.1 |
| 30-39 | 15,467 | 18.6% | 3,389.5 |
| 40-49 | 13,972 | 16.8% | 4,152.7 |
| 50-59 | 12,505 | 15.1% | 3,995.7 |
| 60-69 | 8,564 | 10.3% | 3,256.4 |
| 70+ | 7,816 | 9.4% | 3,321.4 |
| Under investigation | 5 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 41,907 | 50.4% | 3,023.3 |
| Male | 40,073 | 48.2% | 3,036.1 |
| Under investigation | 1,094 | 1.3% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 32,431 | 47.8% | 4,175.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 18,017 | 26.6% | 2,297.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 12,307 | 18.2% | 1,367.5 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,733 | 2.6% | 963.6 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,289 | 4.8% | 2,753.1 |
| Under investigation | 15,297 | 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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