Report Date: April 28 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES (1) DEATHS
Chicago 19,624 826
Illinois (IDPH link) 48,102 2,125
U.S. (CDC link) 981,246 55,258
World (WHO link) 2,959,929 202,733
(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 826 100% 4.2% 30.5
Age
0-17 0 0% 0% 0
18-29 6 0.7% 0.2% 1.1
30-39 18 2.2% 0.5% 3.9
40-49 56 6.8% 1.6% 16.6
50-59 101 12.2% 2.7% 32.3
60-69 158 19.1% 5.7% 60.1
70+ 487 59.0% 16.4% 207.0
Gender 
Female 314 38.0% 3.3% 22.7
Male 512 62.0% 5.3% 38.8
Under investigation - - - -
Race-ethnicity
Latinx 173 21.6% 3.9% 22.3
Black, non-Latinx 443 55.2% 7.7% 56.5
White, non-Latinx 139 17.3% 5.1% 15.4
Asian, non-Latinx 40 5.0% 7.8% 22.2
Other, non-Latinx 7 0.9% 0.9% 5.9
Under investigation 24 2.9% 0.4% -
(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 19,624 100% 725.2
Age
0-17 392 2.0% 71.4
18-29 2,918 14.9% 527.7
30-39 3,331 17.0% 730.0
40-49 3,538 18.0% 1,051.5
50-59 3,718 18.9% 1,188.0
60-69 2,752 14.0% 1,046.4
70+ 2,964 15.1% 1,259.6
Under investigation 11 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 9,443 48.1% 681.3
Male 9,712 49.5% 735.8
Under investigation 469 2.4% -
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx 4,394 31.1% 565.8
Black, non-Latinx 5,778 40.9% 736.7
White, non-Latinx 2,707 19.2% 300.8
Asian, non-Latinx 510 3.6% 283.6
Other, non-Latinx 739 5.2% 618.6
Under investigation 5,496 28.0% -
(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 791 -
   Underlying chronic conditions (3) 730 92.3%
   No underlying chronic conditions 61 7.7%
   Under investigation 35 -
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
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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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