Report Date: May 17 2020

Latest Update: May 17, 2020

There have been 36,669 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 94,191 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	36,669	1,658
Illinois (IDPH link)	94,191	4,177
U.S. (CDC link)	1,467,065	88,709
World (WHO link)	4,534,731	307,537
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	1,658	100%	4.5%	61.3
Age
0-17	1	0.1%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	12	0.7%	0.2%	2.2
30-39	34	2.1%	0.5%	7.5
40-49	90	5.4%	1.3%	26.7
50-59	184	11.1%	2.8%	58.8
60-69	340	20.5%	7.3%	129.3
70+	997	60.1%	21.1%	423.7
Gender
Female	665	40.1%	3.7%	48.0
Male	990	59.7%	5.5%	75.0
Under investigation	3	0.2%	0.3%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	444	27.1%	3.6%	57.2
Black, non-Latinx	778	47.5%	8.8%	99.2
White, non-Latinx	317	19.3%	7.3%	35.2
Asian, non-Latinx	80	4.9%	10.0%	44.5
Other, non-Latinx	20	1.2%	1.4%	16.7
Under investigation	19	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	36,669	100%	1,355.1
Age
0-17	1,270	3.5%	231.3
18-29	6,153	16.8%	1,112.8
30-39	6,477	17.7%	1,419.4
40-49	6,799	18.4%	2,020.8
50-59	6,551	17.9%	2,093.2
60-69	4,675	12.7%	1,777.6
70+	4,719	12.9%	2,005.4
Under investigation	25	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	17,819	48.6%	1,285.5
Male	17,946	48.9%	1,359.7
Under investigation	904	2.5%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	12,251	44.2%	1,577.4
Black, non-Latinx	8,891	32.1%	1,133.7
White, non-Latinx	4,367	15.8%	485.2
Asian, non-Latinx	802	2.9%	445.9
Other, non-Latinx	1,382	5.0%	1,156.8
Under investigation	8,976	24.5%	-
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	1,609	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,488	92.5%
No underlying chronic conditions	121	7.5%
Under investigation	49	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.