Report Date: May 27 2020

Latest Update: May 27, 2020

There have been 43,716 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 114,306 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	43,716	2,020
Illinois (IDPH link)	114,306	5,083
U.S. (CDC link)	1,678,843	99,031
World (WHO link)	5,491,678	349,190
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	2,020	100%	4.6%	74.6
Age
0-17	1	0.0%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	14	0.7%	0.2%	2.5
30-39	48	2.4%	0.6%	10.5
40-49	104	5.1%	1.3%	30.9
50-59	223	11.1%	2.9%	71.3
60-69	430	21.3%	7.9%	163.5
70+	1,200	59.4%	22.3%	509.9
Gender
Female	796	39.5%	3.7%	57.4
Male	1,223	60.5%	5.7%	92.7
Under investigation	1	0.0%	0.1%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	595	29.8%	3.9%	76.6
Black, non-Latinx	893	44.7%	8.8%	113.9
White, non-Latinx	389	19.4%	7.8%	43.2
Asian, non-Latinx	101	5.0%	10.6%	56.2
Other, non-Latinx	21	1.1%	1.3%	17.6
Under investigation	21	1.0%	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	43,716	100%	1,615.5
Age
0-17	1,738	4.0%	316.6
18-29	7,683	17.6%	1,389.5
30-39	7,775	17.8%	1,703.8
40-49	8,012	18.2%	2,381.3
50-59	7,638	17.5%	2,440.5
60-69	5,457	12.5%	2,075.0
70+	5,387	12.3%	2,289.2
Under investigation	26	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	21,450	49.1%	1,547.5
Male	21,294	48.7%	1,613.3
Under investigation	972	2.2%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	15,307	46.5%	1,970.9
Black, non-Latinx	10,117	30.7%	1,290.0
White, non-Latinx	4,980	15.1%	553.3
Asian, non-Latinx	955	2.9%	531.0
Other, non-Latinx	1,586	4.8%	1,327.6
Under investigation	10,771	24.6%	-
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	1,971	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,816	92.1%
No underlying chronic conditions	155	7.9%
Under investigation	49	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.