Report Date: October 19, 2020
Latest Update: October 19, 2020
There have been 89,920 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 347,161 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 | 89,920 | 3,017 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 75,240 | 2,347 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 347,161 | 9,236 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 8,128,524 | 218,986 |
| World (WHO) | 39,944,882 | 1,111,998 |
| 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 | 3,017 | 100% | 3.4% | 111.5 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 76 | 2.5% | 0.4% | 16.7 |
| 40-49 | 169 | 5.6% | 1.1% | 50.2 |
| 50-59 | 339 | 11.2% | 2.5% | 108.3 |
| 60-69 | 659 | 21.8% | 7.3% | 250.6 |
| 70+ | 1,749 | 58.0% | 21.5% | 743.2 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,246 | 41.3% | 2.7% | 89.9 |
| Male | 1,771 | 58.7% | 4.1% | 134.2 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 998 | 33.2% | 2.9% | 128.5 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,276 | 42.4% | 6.7% | 162.7 |
| White, non-Latinx | 584 | 19.4% | 4.2% | 64.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 128 | 4.3% | 6.9% | 71.2 |
| 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 | 89,920 | 100% | 3,323.0 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 6,812 | 7.6% | 1,240.8 |
| 18-29 | 20,587 | 22.9% | 3,723.2 |
| 30-39 | 16,926 | 18.8% | 3,709.2 |
| 40-49 | 14,997 | 16.7% | 4,457.3 |
| 50-59 | 13,383 | 14.9% | 4,276.2 |
| 60-69 | 9,071 | 10.1% | 3,449.2 |
| 70+ | 8,141 | 9.0% | 3,459.5 |
| Under investigation | 3 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 45,372 | 50.5% | 3,273.3 |
| Male | 42,436 | 48.3% | 3,290.9 |
| Under investigation | 1,094 | 1.2% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 34,901 | 47.8% | 4,493.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 18,988 | 26.0% | 2,421.1 |
| White, non-Latinx | 13,744 | 18.8% | 1,527.1 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,866 | 2.6% | 1,037.6 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,572 | 4.8% | 2,989.9 |
| Under investigation | 16,849 | 18.7% | - |
| 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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