Report Date: September 18, 2020
Latest Update: September 18, 2020
There have been 76,494 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 270,327 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 | 76,494 | 2,925 |
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 61,069 | 2,225 |
Illinois (IDPH) | 270,327 | 8,411 |
U.S. (CDC) | 6,656,799 | 197,116 |
World (WHO) | 30,055,710 | 943,433 |
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 | 2,925 | 100% | 3.8% | 108.1 |
Age | ||||
0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
30-39 | 73 | 2.5% | 0.5% | 16.0 |
40-49 | 162 | 5.5% | 1.2% | 48.1 |
50-59 | 329 | 11.2% | 2.8% | 105.1 |
60-69 | 638 | 21.8% | 7.9% | 242.6 |
70+ | 1,698 | 58.1% | 22.8% | 721.6 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 1,206 | 41.2% | 3.1% | 87.0 |
Male | 1,719 | 58.8% | 4.7% | 130.2 |
Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
Latinx | 966 | 33.2% | 3.2% | 124.4 |
Black, non-Latinx | 1,244 | 42.7% | 7.2% | 158.6 |
White, non-Latinx | 554 | 19.0% | 5.1% | 61.6 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 125 | 4.3% | 7.7% | 69.5 |
Other, non-Latinx | 23 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 19.3 |
Under investigation | 13 | 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 | 76,494 | 100% | 2,826.8 |
Age | |||
0-17 | 5,303 | 6.9% | 965.9 |
18-29 | 16,790 | 21.9% | 3,036.5 |
30-39 | 14,114 | 18.5% | 3,093.0 |
40-49 | 13,017 | 17.0% | 3,868.8 |
50-59 | 11,713 | 15.3% | 3,742.6 |
60-69 | 8,089 | 10.7% | 3,075.8 |
70+ | 7,455 | 9.7% | 3,168.0 |
Under investigation | 13 | 0.0% | - |
Gender | |||
Female | 38,592 | 50.5% | 2,784.2 |
Male | 36,829 | 48.1% | 2,790.3 |
Under investigation | 1,073 | 1.4% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | |||
Latinx | 29,830 | 47.7% | 3,840.8 |
Black, non-Latinx | 17,162 | 27.5% | 2,188.3 |
White, non-Latinx | 10,878 | 17.4% | 1,208.7 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 1,615 | 2.6% | 898.0 |
Other, non-Latinx | 3,001 | 4.8% | 2,512.0 |
Under investigation | 14,008 | 18.3% | - |
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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COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health