Report Date: May 13 2020

Latest Update: May 13, 2020

There have been 33,120 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 84,698 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	33,120	1,499
Illinois (IDPH link)	84,698	3,792
U.S. (CDC link)	1,364,061	82,246
World (WHO link)	4,179,479	287,525
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	1,499	100%	4.5%	55.4
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	13	0.9%	0.2%	2.4
30-39	27	1.8%	0.5%	5.9
40-49	79	5.3%	1.3%	23.5
50-59	167	11.1%	2.8%	53.4
60-69	308	20.5%	7.2%	117.1
70+	905	60.4%	20.6%	384.6
Gender
Female	605	40.3%	3.8%	43.6
Male	893	59.6%	5.5%	67.7
Under investigation	1	0.1%	0.1%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	388	26.2%	3.8%	50.0
Black, non-Latinx	717	48.3%	8.9%	91.4
White, non-Latinx	287	19.4%	7.2%	31.9
Asian, non-Latinx	71	4.8%	9.6%	39.5
Other, non-Latinx	20	1.3%	1.6%	16.7
Under investigation	16	1.1%	0.2%	-
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	33,120	100%	1,224.0
Age
0-17	1,050	3.1%	191.3
18-29	5,433	16.4%	982.6
30-39	5,785	17.5%	1,267.7
40-49	6,149	18.6%	1,827.6
50-59	5,978	18.0%	1,910.1
60-69	4,305	13.0%	1,636.9
70+	4,392	13.3%	1,866.4
Under investigation	28	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	15,974	48.2%	1,152.4
Male	16,265	49.1%	1,232.3
Under investigation	881	2.7%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	10,221	42.1%	1,316.0
Black, non-Latinx	8,100	33.3%	1,032.8
White, non-Latinx	3,992	16.4%	443.6
Asian, non-Latinx	740	3.0%	411.5
Other, non-Latinx	1,247	5.2%	1,043.8
Under investigation	8,820	26.6%	-
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	1,453	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,345	92.6%
No underlying chronic conditions	108	7.4%
Under investigation	46	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.