Report Date: May 09 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 30,501 1,300
Illinois (IDPH link) 76,085 3,349
U.S. (CDC link) 1,274,036 77,034
World (WHO link) 3,862,676 265,961
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 1,300 100% 4.3% 48.0
Age
0-17 0 0% 0% 0%
18-29 10 0.8% 0.2% 1.8
30-39 26 2.0% 0.5% 5.7
40-49 70 5.4% 1.2% 20.8
50-59 147 11.3% 2.6% 47.0
60-69 271 20.8% 6.7% 103.0
70+ 776 59.7% 18.7% 329.8
Gender 
Female 508 39.1% 3.5% 36.6
Male 790 60.8% 5.3% 59.9
Under investigation 2 0.1% 0.3% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 329 26.0% 3.7% 42.4
Black, non-Latinx 623 49.3% 8.1% 79.4
White, non-Latinx 237 18.8% 6.3% 26.3
Asian, non-Latinx 61 4.8% 8.6% 33.9
Other, non-Latinx 14 1.1% 1.2% 11.7
Under investigation 36 2.8% 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 30,501 100% 1,127.2
Age
0-17 892 2.9% 162.5
18-29 4,953 16.2% 895.8
30-39 5,275 17.3% 1,156.0
40-49 5,610 18.4% 1,667.4
50-59 5,573 18.3% 1,780.7
60-69 4,033 13.2% 1,533.5
70+ 4,139 13.6% 1,758.9
Under investigation 26 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 14,677 48.1% 1,058.9
Male 15,025 49.3% 1,138.4
Under investigation 799 2.6% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 8,964 40.4% 1,154.2
Black, non-Latinx 7,650 34.4% 975.4
White, non-Latinx 3,750 16.9% 416.7
Asian, non-Latinx 706 3.2% 392.6
Other, non-Latinx 1,144 5.1% 957.6
Under investigation 8,287 27.2% -
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 1,221 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 1,148 94.0%
   No underlying chronic conditions 73 6.0%
   Under investigation 79 -
3Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
COVID-19 Map Reports

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)

Chicago COVID Epidemic Trajectory Update

 

 


COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health