Report Date: May 18 2020

Latest Update: May 18, 2020

There have been 37,381 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 96,485 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.

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COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY	CASES¹	DEATHS
Chicago	37,381	1,705
Illinois (IDPH link)	96,485	4,234
U.S. (CDC link)	1,480,349	89,407
World (WHO link)	4,628,903	312,009
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	1,705	100%	4.6%	63.0
Age
0-17	1	0.1%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	12	0.7%	0.2%	2.2
30-39	36	2.1%	0.5%	7.9
40-49	90	5.3%	1.3%	26.7
50-59	188	11.0%	2.8%	60.1
60-69	352	20.6%	7.4%	133.8
70+	1,026	60.2%	21.4%	436.0
Gender
Female	678	39.8%	3.7%	48.9
Male	1,023	60.0%	5.6%	77.5
Under investigation	4	0.2%	0.4%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	462	27.5%	3.7%	59.5
Black, non-Latinx	791	47.0%	8.8%	100.9
White, non-Latinx	326	19.4%	7.4%	36.2
Asian, non-Latinx	83	4.9%	10.2%	46.2
Other, non-Latinx	20	1.2%	1.4%	16.7
Under investigation	23	1.3%	0.2%	-
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 CASES(1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	37,381	100%	1,381.4
Age
0-17	1,319	3.5%	240.3
18-29	6,291	16.8%	1,137.7
30-39	6,620	17.7%	1,450.7
40-49	6,929	18.5%	2,059.4
50-59	6,647	17.8%	2,123.9
60-69	4,766	12.7%	1,812.2
70+	4,784	12.9%	2,033.0
Under investigation	25	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	18,196	48.7%	1,312.7
Male	18,278	48.9%	1,384.8
Under investigation	907	2.4%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	12,566	44.6%	1,618.0
Black, non-Latinx	8,973	31.9%	1,144.1
White, non-Latinx	4,411	15.7%	490.1
Asian, non-Latinx	813	2.9%	452.1
Other, non-Latinx	1,401	4.9%	1,172.7
Under investigation	9,217	24.7%	-
²Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.

Underlying Chronic Conditions among Chicago residents who died from COVID-19

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% OF KNOWN
Known medical history	1,659	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,532	92.3%
No underlying chronic conditions	127	7.7%
Under investigation	46	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.