Report Date: October 21, 2020
Latest Update: October 21, 2020
There have been 90,722 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 355,217 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 | 90,722 | 3,018 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 76,733 | 2,357 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 355,217 | 9,345 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 8,249,011 | 220,362 |
| World (WHO) | 40,665,438 | 1,121,843 |
| 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 | 3,018 | 100% | 3.3% | 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 | 340 | 11.2% | 2.5% | 108.6 |
| 60-69 | 658 | 21.8% | 7.2% | 250.2 |
| 70+ | 1,750 | 58.0% | 21.4% | 743.7 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,248 | 41.4% | 2.7% | 90.0 |
| Male | 1,770 | 58.6% | 4.0% | 134.1 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 998 | 33.2% | 2.8% | 128.5 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,277 | 42.4% | 6.7% | 162.7 |
| White, non-Latinx | 584 | 19.4% | 4.2% | 64.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 128 | 4.3% | 6.8% | 71.2 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 22 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 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 | 90,722 | 100% | 3,352.6 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 6,886 | 7.6% | 1,254.3 |
| 18-29 | 20,782 | 22.9% | 3,758.5 |
| 30-39 | 17,104 | 18.9% | 3,748.2 |
| 40-49 | 15,139 | 16.7% | 4,499.5 |
| 50-59 | 13,472 | 14.8% | 4,304.6 |
| 60-69 | 9,132 | 10.1% | 3,472.4 |
| 70+ | 8,198 | 9.0% | 3,483.8 |
| Under investigation | 9 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 45,752 | 50.4% | 3,300.7 |
| Male | 43,859 | 48.3% | 3,323.0 |
| Under investigation | 1,111 | 1.3% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 35,157 | 47.7% | 4,526.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 19,103 | 25.9% | 2,435.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 13,970 | 19.0% | 1,552.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,887 | 2.6% | 1,049.3 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,597 | 4.8% | 3,010.9 |
| Under investigation | 17,008 | 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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