Report Date: October 22, 2020
Latest Update: October 22, 2020
There have been 91,589 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 360,159 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 | 91,589 | 3,024 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 77,608 | 2,361 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 360,159 | 9,387 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 8,312,667 | 221,438 |
| World (WHO) | 41,104,946 | 1,128,325 |
| 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 | 3,024 | 100% | 3.3% | 111.8 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 76 | 2.5% | 0.4% | 16.7 |
| 40-49 | 169 | 5.5% | 1.1% | 50.2 |
| 50-59 | 340 | 11.2% | 2.5% | 108.6 |
| 60-69 | 661 | 21.9% | 7.2% | 251.3 |
| 70+ | 1,753 | 58.0% | 21.3% | 744.9 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,250 | 41.3% | 2.7% | 90.2 |
| Male | 1,774 | 58.7% | 4.0% | 134.4 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 998 | 33.1% | 2.8% | 128.5 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,279 | 42.4% | 6.6% | 163.1 |
| White, non-Latinx | 585 | 19.4% | 4.1% | 65.0 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 128 | 4.2% | 6.7% | 71.2 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 23 | 0.9% | 0.6% | 19.3 |
| Under investigation | 11 | 0.4% | 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 | 91,589 | 100% | 3,384.7 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 6,990 | 7.6% | 1,273.2 |
| 18-29 | 20,975 | 22.9% | 3,793.4 |
| 30-39 | 17,284 | 18.9% | 3,787.7 |
| 40-49 | 15,271 | 16.7% | 4,538.8 |
| 50-59 | 13,604 | 14.8% | 4,346.8 |
| 60-69 | 9,212 | 10.1% | 3,502.8 |
| 70+ | 8,247 | 9.0% | 3,504.6 |
| Under investigation | 6 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 46,207 | 50.5% | 3,333.6 |
| Male | 44,273 | 48.3% | 3,354.3 |
| Under investigation | 1,109 | 1.2% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 35,483 | 47.7% | 4,568.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 19,234 | 25.8% | 2,452.5 |
| White, non-Latinx | 14,152 | 19.0% | 1,572.5 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,917 | 2.6% | 1,065.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,625 | 4.9% | 3,034.3 |
| Under investigation | 17,178 | 18.8% | - |
| 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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