Report Date: April 29 2020

Latest Update: April 29, 2020

There have been 20,499 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 50,355 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	20,499	873
Illinois (IDPH link)	50,355	2,215
U.S. (CDC link)	1,005,147	57,505
World (WHO link)	2,995,758	204,987
(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	873	100%	4.3%	32.3
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	6	0.7%	0.2%	1.1
30-39	19	2.2%	0.5%	4.2
40-49	57	6.5%	1.5%	16.9
50-59	105	12.0%	2.7%	33.6
60-69	172	19.7%	6.0%	65.4
70+	514	58.9%	16.7%	218.4
Gender
Female	329	37.7%	3.3%	23.7
Male	544	62.3%	5.4%	41.2
Under investigation	-	-	-	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	192	22.7%	4.0%	24.7
Black, non-Latinx	458	54.2%	7.7%	58.4
White, non-Latinx	148	17.5%	5.3%	16.4
Asian, non-Latinx	40	4.7%	7.6%	22.2
Other, non-Latinx	7	0.9%	0.9%	5.9
Under investigation	28	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	20,499	100%	757.5
Age
0-17	420	2.0%	76.5
18-29	3,093	15.1%	559.4
30-39	3,477	17.0%	762.0
40-49	3,716	18.1%	1,104.5
50-59	3,862	18.8%	1,234.0
60-69	2,848	13.9%	1,082.9
70+	3,070	15.0%	1,304.6
Under investigation	13	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	9,903	48.3%	714.4
Male	10,090	49.2%	764.5
Under investigation	506	2.5%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	4,756	32.2%	612.4
Black, non-Latinx	5,917	40.0%	754.5
White, non-Latinx	2,807	19.0%	311.9
Asian, non-Latinx	525	3.6%	291.9
Other, non-Latinx	783	5.2%	655.4
Under investigation	5,711	27.9%	-
(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	836	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	774	92.6%
No underlying chronic conditions	62	7.4%
Under investigation	37	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.