Report Date: May 10 2020

Latest Update: May 10, 2020

There have been 30,921 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 77,741 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	CASES¹	DEATHS
Chicago	30,921	1,356
Illinois (IDPH link)	77,741	3,406
U.S. (CDC link)	1,300,696	78,771
World (WHO link)	3,925,815	274,488
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	1,356	100%	4.4%	50.1
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	12	0.9%	0.2%	2.2
30-39	26	1.9%	0.5%	5.7
40-49	72	5.3%	1.3%	21.4
50-59	155	11.4%	2.7%	49.5
60-69	284	20.9%	7.0%	108.0
70+	807	59.6%	19.3%	342.9
Gender
Female	536	39.5%	3.6%	38.7
Male	816	60.2%	5.4%	61.8
Under investigation	4	0.3%	0.5%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	343	26.0%	3.7%	44.2
Black, non-Latinx	646	48.9%	8.3%	82.4
White, non-Latinx	254	19.2%	6.6%	28.2
Asian, non-Latinx	64	4.8%	9.0%	35.6
Other, non-Latinx	14	1.1%	1.2%	11.7
Under investigation	35	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	30,921	100%	1,142.7
Age
0-17	912	2.9%	166.1
18-29	5,027	16.3%	909.1
30-39	5,353	17.3%	1,173.1
40-49	5,710	18.5%	1,697.1
50-59	5,642	18.2%	1,802.8
60-69	4,080	13.2%	1,551.4
70+	4,171	13.5%	1,772.5
Under investigation	26	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	14,882	48.1%	1,073.6
Male	15,208	49.2%	1,152.2
Under investigation	831	2.7%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	9,191	40.6%	1,183.4
Black, non-Latinx	7,737	34.2%	986.5
White, non-Latinx	3,826	16.9%	425.1
Asian, non-Latinx	712	3.1%	395.9
Other, non-Latinx	1,172	5.2%	981.0
Under investigation	8,283	26.8%	-
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	1,312	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,232	93.9%
No underlying chronic conditions	80	6.1%
Under investigation	44	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.