Report Date: October 16, 2020
Latest Update: October 16, 2020
There have been 87,532 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 336,174 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 | 87,532 | 3,008 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 73,070 | 2,332 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 336,174 | 9,165 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,958,254 | 216,917 |
| World (WHO) | 38,789,204 | 1,095,097 |
| 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 | 3,008 | 100% | 3.4% | 111.2 |
| 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 | 169 | 5.5% | 1.2% | 50.2 |
| 50-59 | 339 | 11.3% | 2.6% | 108.3 |
| 60-69 | 655 | 21.8% | 7.4% | 249.1 |
| 70+ | 1,744 | 58.0% | 21.7% | 741.1 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,244 | 41.4% | 2.8% | 89.7 |
| Male | 1,764 | 58.6% | 4.2% | 133.6 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 996 | 33.2% | 2.9% | 128.2 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,272 | 42.4% | 6.8% | 162.2 |
| White, non-Latinx | 581 | 19.4% | 4.4% | 64.6 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 127 | 4.2% | 6.9% | 70.6 |
| 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 | 87,532 | 100% | 3,234.8 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 6,523 | 7.5% | 1,188.2 |
| 18-29 | 19,903 | 22.7% | 3,599.5 |
| 30-39 | 16,451 | 18.8% | 3,605.1 |
| 40-49 | 14,640 | 16.7% | 4,351.2 |
| 50-59 | 13,082 | 14.9% | 4,180.0 |
| 60-69 | 8,897 | 10.2% | 3,383.0 |
| 70+ | 8,032 | 9.2% | 3,413.2 |
| Under investigation | 4 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 44,115 | 50.4% | 3,182.6 |
| Male | 42,323 | 48.4% | 3,206.6 |
| Under investigation | 1,094 | 1.2% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 33,980 | 47.7% | 4,375.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 18,649 | 26.2% | 2,377.9 |
| White, non-Latinx | 13,274 | 18.6% | 1,474.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,828 | 2.6% | 1,016.5 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,494 | 4.9% | 2,924.7 |
| Under investigation | 16,307 | 18.6% | - |
| 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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