Report Date: April 26 2020

Latest Update: April 26, 2020

There have been 17,927 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 43,903 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	17,927	761
Illinois (IDPH link)	43,903	1,933
U.S. (CDC link)	895,766	50,439
World (WHO link)	2,810,325	193,825
(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	761	100%	4.2%	28.1
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	6	0.8%	0.2%	1.1
30-39	17	2.2%	0.6%	3.7
40-49	52	6.8%	1.6%	15.5
50-59	95	12.5%	2.8%	30.4
60-69	141	18.5%	5.6%	53.6
70+	450	59.2%	16.7%	191.2
Gender
Female	284	37.3%	3.3%	20.5
Male	477	62.7%	5.4%	36.1
Under investigation	-	-	-	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	153	20.8%	4.0%	19.7
Black, non-Latinx	409	55.5%	7.5%	52.2
White, non-Latinx	128	17.4%	5.1%	14.2
Asian, non-Latinx	38	5.2%	8.2%	21.1
Other, non-Latinx	9	1.1%	1.3%	7.5
Under investigation	24	3.2%	0.5%	-
(2) Race-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	17,927	100%	662.5
Age
0-17	338	1.9%	61.6
18-29	2,641	14.7%	477.6
30-39	3,067	17.1%	672.1
40-49	3,229	18.0%	959.7
50-59	3,434	19.2%	1,097.2
60-69	2,516	14.0%	956.7
70+	2,692	15.0%	1,144.0
Under investigation	10	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	8,614	48.1%	621.5
Male	8,870	49.5%	672.0
Under investigation	443	2.4%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	3,779	29.4%	486.6
Black, non-Latinx	5,429	42.2%	692.2
White, non-Latinx	2,502	19.5%	278.0
Asian, non-Latinx	466	3.6%	259.1
Other, non-Latinx	675	5.3%	565.0
Under investigation	5,076	28.3%	-
(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	730	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	673	92.2%
No underlying chronic conditions	57	7.8%
Under investigation	31	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.