Report Date: April 30 2020

Latest Update: April 30, 2020

There have been 21,506 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 52,918 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	21,506	932
Illinois (IDPH link)	52,918	2,355
U.S. (CDC link)	1,031,659	60,057
World (WHO link)	3,090,445	217,769
(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	932	100%	4.3%	34.4
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	8	0.8%	0.2%	1.4
30-39	21	2.3%	0.6%	4.6
40-49	59	6.3%	1.5%	17.5
50-59	108	11.6%	2.7%	34.5
60-69	181	19.4%	6.1%	68.8
70+	555	59.6%	17.5%	235.8
Gender
Female	356	38.2%	3.4%	25.7
Male	576	61.8%	5.5%	43.6
Under investigation	-	-	-	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	205	22.7%	3.9%	26.4
Black, non-Latinx	486	53.7%	7.9%	62.0
White, non-Latinx	163	18.0%	5.5%	18.1
Asian, non-Latinx	42	4.6%	7.4%	23.4
Other, non-Latinx	9	1.0%	1.1%	7.5
Under investigation	27	2.9%	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	21,506	100%	794.8
Age
0-17	465	2.1%	84.7
18-29	3,276	15.2%	592.5
30-39	3,659	17.0%	801.8
40-49	3,908	18.2%	1,161.5
50-59	4,043	18.8%	1,291.8
60-69	2,965	13.8%	1,127.4
70+	3,177	14.8%	1,350.1
Under investigation	13	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	10.411	48.4%	751.1
Male	10,562	49.1%	800.2
Under investigation	533	2.5%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	5,261	33.3%	677.4
Black, non-Latinx	6,191	39.2%	789.4
White, non-Latinx	2,967	18.8%	329.7
Asian, non-Latinx	564	3.6%	313.6
Other, non-Latinx	810	5.1%	678.0
Under investigation	5,713	26.6%	-
(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	888	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	826	93.0%
No underlying chronic conditions	62	7.0%
Under investigation	44	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.