Report Date: October 14, 2020
Latest Update: October 14, 2020
There have been 86,078 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 327,605 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 | 86,078 | 2,999 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 71,481 | 2,322 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 327,605 | 9,074 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,835,007 | 215,194 |
| World (WHO) | 38,002,699 | 1,083,234 |
| 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 | 2,999 | 100% | 3.5% | 110.8 |
| 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 | 168 | 5.6% | 1.2% | 49.9 |
| 50-59 | 337 | 11.2% | 2.6% | 107.7 |
| 60-69 | 654 | 21.8% | 7.4% | 248.7 |
| 70+ | 1,739 | 58.0% | 21.8% | 739.0 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,240 | 41.3% | 2.9% | 89.5 |
| Male | 1,759 | 58.7% | 4.2% | 133.3 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 992 | 33.2% | 3.0% | 127.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,270 | 42.5% | 6.9% | 161.9 |
| White, non-Latinx | 579 | 19.4% | 4.5% | 64.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 127 | 4.2% | 7.1% | 70.6 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 22 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 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 | 86,078 | 100% | 3,181.0 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 6,387 | 7.4% | 1,163.4 |
| 18-29 | 19,513 | 22.7% | 3,529.0 |
| 30-39 | 16,108 | 18.7% | 3,530.0 |
| 40-49 | 14,414 | 16.7% | 4,284.1 |
| 50-59 | 12,899 | 15.0% | 4,121.5 |
| 60-69 | 8,786 | 10.2% | 3,340.8 |
| 70+ | 7,965 | 9.3% | 3,384.8 |
| Under investigation | 6 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 43,385 | 50.4% | 3,130.0 |
| Male | 41,594 | 48.3% | 3,151.4 |
| Under investigation | 1,099 | 1.3% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 33,506 | 47.8% | 4,314.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 18,429 | 26.3% | 2,349.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 12,992 | 18.5% | 1,443.6 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,798 | 2.6% | 999.8 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,411 | 4.8% | 2,855.2 |
| Under investigation | 15,942 | 18.5% | - |
| 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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