Report Date: May 23 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 41,440 1,895
Illinois (IDPH link) 107,796 4,790
U.S. (CDC link) 1,595,885 96,002
World (WHO link) 5,105,881 333,446
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 1,895 100% 4.6% 70.0
Age
0-17 1 0.1% 0.1% 0.2
18-29 13 0.7% 0.2% 2.4
30-39 43 2.2% 0.6% 9.4
40-49 101 5.3% 1.3% 30.0
50-59 210 11.1% 2.9% 67.1
60-69 404 21.3% 7.8% 153.6
70+ 1,123 59.3% 21.8% 477.2
Gender 
Female 746 39.4% 3.7% 53.8
Male 1,148 60.5% 5.7% 87.0
Under investigation 1 0.1% 0.1% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 550 29.3% 3.8% 70.8
Black, non-Latinx 847 45.2% 8.7% 108.0
White, non-Latinx 360 19.2% 7.6% 40.0
Asian, non-Latinx 98 5.2% 10.8% 54.5
Other, non-Latinx 20 1.1% 1.3% 16.7
Under investigation 20 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 41,440 100% 1,531.4
Age
0-17 1,590 3.8% 289.6
18-29 7,220 17.5% 1,305.8
30-39 7,353 17.7% 1,611.4
40-49 7,636 18.4% 2,269.5
50-59 7,270 17.5% 2,322.9
60-69 5,205 12.6% 1,979.2
70+ 5,140 12.4% 2,184.3
Under investigation 26 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 20,276 48.9% 1,462.8
Male 20,226 48.8% 1,532.4
Under investigation 938 2.3% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 14,459 46.1% 1,861.7
Black, non-Latinx 9,725 31.0% 1,240.0
White, non-Latinx 4,763 15.2% 529.2
Asian, non-Latinx 908 2.9% 504.9
Other, non-Latinx 1,495 4.8% 1,251.4
Under investigation 10,090 24.3% -
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 1,843 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 1,694 91.9%
   No underlying chronic conditions 149 8.1%
   Under investigation 52 -
3Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
COVID-19 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