Report Date: May 03 2020

Latest Update: May 03, 2020

There have been 24,980 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 61,499 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	24,980	1,014
Illinois (IDPH link)	61,499	2,618
U.S. (CDC link)	1,122,486	65,735
World (WHO link)	3,356,205	238,730
(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	1,014	100%	4.1%	37.5
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	0	0.9%	0.2%	1.6
30-39	23	2.3%	0.5%	5.0
40-49	61	6.0%	1.3%	18.1
50-59	122	12.0%	2.6%	39.0
60-69	203	20.1%	6.0%	77.6
70+	595	58.7%	16.7%	252.8
Gender
Female	386	38.1%	3.2%	27.8
Male	628	61.9%	5.1%	47.6
Under investigation
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	232	23.6%	3.6%	29.9
Black, non-Latinx	517	52.5%	7.7%	65.9
White, non-Latinx	178	18.1%	5.5%	19.8
Asian, non-Latinx	48	4.9%	7.8%	26.7
Other, non-Latinx	9	0.9%	0.9%	7.5
Under investigation	30	3.0%	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	24,980	100%	923.1
Age
0-17	621	2.5%	113.1
18-29	3,919	15.7%	708.8
30-39	4,296	17.2%	941.4
40-49	4,551	18.2%	1,352.6
50-59	4,620	18.5%	1,476.2
60-69	3,400	13.6%	1,292.8
70+	3,554	14.2%	1,510.3
Under investigation	19	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	12,013	48.1%	866.7
Male	12,363	49.5%	936.7
Under investigation	604	2.4%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	6,429	35.9%	827.8
Black, non-Latinx	6,698	37.4%	854.0
White, non-Latinx	3,230	18.0%	358.9
Asian, non-Latinx	612	3.4%	340.3
Other, non-Latinx	961	5.3%	804.4
Under investigation	7,050	28.2%	-
(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	978	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	914	93.5%
No underlying chronic conditions	64	6.5%
Under investigation	36	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.