Report Date: August 28, 2020
Latest Update: August 28, 2020
There have been 70,309 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 229,483 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 | 70,309 | 2,868 |
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 54,242 | 2,177 |
Illinois (IDPH) | 229,483 | 7,997 |
U.S. (CDC) | 5,845,876 | 180,165 |
World (WHO) | 24,299,923 | 827,730 |
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 | 2,863 | 100% | 4.1% | 106.0 |
Age | ||||
0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.2% | 4.2 |
30-39 | 69 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 15.1 |
40-49 | 160 | 5.6% | 1.3% | 47.6 |
50-59 | 317 | 11.1% | 2.9% | 101.3 |
60-69 | 628 | 21.9% | 8.2% | 238.8 |
70+ | 1,669 | 58.2% | 23.3% | 709.2 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 1,181 | 41.2% | 3.3% | 85.2 |
Male | 1,687 | 58.8% | 5.0% | 127.8 |
Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
Latinx | 933 | 32.7% | 3.4% | 120.1 |
Black, non-Latinx | 1,228 | 43.0% | 7.5% | 156.6 |
White, non-Latinx | 550 | 19.3% | 5.8% | 61.1 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 123 | 4.3% | 8.2% | 68.4 |
Other, non-Latinx | 21 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 17.6 |
Under investigation | 13 | 0.5% | 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 | 70,309 | 100% | 2,598.2 |
Age | |||
0-17 | 4,554 | 6.5% | 829.5 |
18-29 | 14,932 | 21.2% | 2,700.4 |
30-39 | 12,858 | 18.3% | 2,817.6 |
40-49 | 12,132 | 17.3% | 3,605.5 |
50-59 | 11,012 | 15.7% | 3,518.3 |
60-69 | 7,643 | 10.9% | 2,905.9 |
70+ | 7,166 | 10.1% | 3,044.9 |
Under investigation | 12 | 0.0% | - |
Gender | |||
Female | 35,359 | 50.3% | 2,550.9 |
Male | 33,889 | 48.2% | 2,567.5 |
Under investigation | 1,061 | 1.5% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | |||
Latinx | 27,182 | 47.4% | 3,499.7 |
Black, non-Latinx | 16,307 | 28.4% | 2,079.2 |
White, non-Latinx | 9,542 | 16.6% | 1,060.2 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 1,493 | 2.7% | 830.0 |
Other, non-Latinx | 2,827 | 4.9% | 2,365.8 |
Under investigation | 12,958 | 18.4% | - |
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