Report Date: April 15 2020

Latest Update: April 15, 2020

There have been 10,264 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 24,593 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	CASES (1)	DEATHS
Chicago	10,264	386
Illinois (IDPH link)	24,593	948
U.S. (CDC link)	605,390	24,582
World (WHO link)	1,918,138	123,126
(1) Does 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	386	100%	3.8%	14.3
Age
0-17	1	0.2%	0.7%	0.2
18-29	2	0.5%	0.1%	0.4
30-39	8	2.1%	0.5%	1.8
40-49	28	7.3%	1.5%	8.3
50-59	49	12.7%	2.4%	15.7
60-69	73	18.9%	4.9%	27.8
70+	225	58.3%	14.1%	95.6
Gender
Female	157	40.7%	3.1%	11.3
Male	228	59.1%	4.5%	17.3
Under investigation	1	0.2%	0.5%	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	50	13.0%	3.2%	6.4
Black, non-Latinx	240	62.2%	6.8%	30.6
White, non-Latinx	63	16.3%	4.2%	7.0
Asian, non-Latinx	13	3.4%	4.8%	7.2
Other, non-Latinx	7	1.9%	1.7%	5.9
Under investigation	13	3.5%	0.4%	-

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES (1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	10,264	100%	379.3
Age
0-17	146	1.3%	26.6
18-29	1,389	13.5%	251.2
30-39	1,772	17.3%	388.3
40-49	1,863	18.2%	553.7
50-59	2,017	19.7%	644.5
60-69	1,475	14.4%	560.9
70+	1,594	15.5%	677.4
Under investigation	8	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	4,987	48.6%	359.8
Male	5,093	49.6%	385.9
Under investigation	184	1.8%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	1,559	21.4%	200.7
Black, non-Latinx	3,529	48.3%	450.0
White, non-Latinx	1,518	20.8%	168.7
Asian, non-Latinx	273	3.7%	151.8
Other, non-Latinx	422	5.8%	353.2
Under investigation	2,963	(28.9%)	-
(2) Race-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	364	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	331	90.9%
No underlying chronic conditions	33	9.1%
Under investigation	22	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.