Report Date: May 28 2020

Latest Update: May 28, 2020

There have been 44,160 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 115,833 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	44,160	2,052
Illinois (IDPH link)	115,833	5,186
U.S. (CDC link)	1,698,523	100,446
World (WHO link)	5,596,550	353,373
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	2,052	100%	4.6%	75.8
Age
0-17	1	0.0%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	14	0.7%	0.2%	2.5
30-39	48	2.3%	0.6%	10.5
40-49	105	5.1%	1.3%	31.2
50-59	224	10.9%	2.9%	71.6
60-69	438	21.4%	7.9%	166.5
70+	1,222	59.6%	22.5%	519.3
Gender
Female	809	39.5%	3.7%	58.4
Male	1,242	60.5%	5.8%	94.1
Under investigation	1	0.0%	0.1%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	604	29.7%	3.9%	77.8
Black, non-Latinx	911	44.8%	8.9%	116.2
White, non-Latinx	396	19.5%	7.9%	44.0
Asian, non-Latinx	101	5.0%	10.5%	56.2
Other, non-Latinx	23	1.0%	1.4%	19.3
Under investigation	17	0.8%	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	44,160	100%	1,631.9
Age
0-17	1,772	4.0%	322.8
18-29	7,773	17.6%	1,405.8
30-39	7,840	17.8%	1,718.1
40-49	8,100	18.2%	2,407.4
50-59	7,719	17.5%	2,466.4
60-69	5,513	12.5%	2,096.3
70+	5,420	12.3%	2,303.2
Under investigation	23	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	21,682	49.1%	1,564.2
Male	21,503	48.7%	1,629.2
Under investigation	975	2.2%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	15,560	46.6%	2,003.4
Black, non-Latinx	10,227	30.6%	1,304.0
White, non-Latinx	5,034	15.0%	559.3
Asian, non-Latinx	964	2.9%	536.0
Other, non-Latinx	1,627	4.9%	1,361.9
Under investigation	10,748	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	1,998	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,842	92.2%
No underlying chronic conditions	156	7.8%
Under investigation	54	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.