Report Date: May 05 2020

Latest Update: May 05, 2020

There have been 26,611 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 65,962 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.

Download full report

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY	CASES¹	DEATHS
Chicago	26,611	1,096
Illinois (IDPH link)	65,962	2,838
U.S. (CDC link)	1,152,372	67,456
World (WHO link)	3,525,116	243,540
¹Does 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	1,096	100%	4.1%	40.5
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	9	0.8%	0.2%	1.6
30-39	23	2.1%	0.5%	5.0
40-49	66	6.0%	1.4%	19.6
50-59	131	12.0%	2.7%	41.9
60-69	229	20.9%	6.4%	87.1
70+	638	58.2%	17.1%	271.1
Gender
Female	425	38.8%	3.3%	30.7
Male	669	61.0%	5.1%	50.7
Under investigation	2	0.2%	0.3%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	266	24.9%	3.7%	34.2
Black, non-Latinx	554	51.9%	8.0%	70.6
White, non-Latinx	186	17.4%	5.5%	20.7
Asian, non-Latinx	50	4.7%	7.9%	27.8
Other, non-Latinx	11	1.1%	1.1%	9.2
Under investigation	29	2.6%	0.4%	-
²Race-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	26,611	100%	983.4
Age
0-17	702	2.6%	127.9
18-29	4,236	15.9%	766.1
30-39	4,560	17.2%	999.3
40-49	4,863	18.3%	1,445.4
50-59	4,901	18.4%	1,566.0
60-69	3,592	13.5%	1,365.8
70+	3,737	14.0%	1,588.1
Under investigation	20	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	12,785	48.0%	922.4
Male	13,152	49.4%	996.5
Under investigation	674	2.6%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	7,156	37.4%	921.4
Black, non-Latinx	6,967	36.4%	888.3
White, non-Latinx	3,381	17.7%	375.7
Asian, non-Latinx	636	3.3%	353.6
Other, non-Latinx	1006	5.2%	842.1
Under investigation	7,465	5 28.1%	-
²Race-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	1,056	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	990	93.8%
No underlying chronic conditions	66	6.2%
Under investigation	40	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.