Report Date: May 29 2020

Latest Update: May 29, 2020

There have been 44,637 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 117,455 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	44,637	2,077
Illinois (IDPH link)	117,455	5,270
U.S. (CDC link)	1,719,827	101,711
World (WHO link)	5,704,736	357,736
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	2,077	100%	4.7%	76.8
Age
0-17	1	0.0%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	14	0.7%	0.2%	2.5
30-39	49	2.4%	0.6%	10.7
40-49	104	5.0%	1.3%	30.9
50-59	226	10.9%	2.9%	72.2
60-69	438	21.3%	8.0%	168.4
70+	1,240	59.7%	22.7%	526.9
Gender
Female	820	39.5%	3.7%	59.2
Male	1,256	60.5%	5.8%	95.2
Under investigation	1	0.0%	0.1%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	612	29.7%	3.9%	78.8
Black, non-Latinx	924	44.9%	9.0%	117.8
White, non-Latinx	397	19.3%	7.8%	44.1
Asian, non-Latinx	104	5.0%	10.7%	57.8
Other, non-Latinx	23	1.1%	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	44,637	100%	1,649.6
Age
0-17	1,817	4.1%	331.0
18-29	7,863	17.6%	1,422.0
30-39	7,937	17.8%	1,739.3
40-49	8,190	18.3%	2,434.2
50-59	7,789	17.4%	2,488.8
60-69	5,566	12.5%	2,116.4
70+	5,452	12.2%	2,316.8
Under investigation	23	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	21,932	49.1%	1,582.3
Male	21,734	48.7%	1,646.7
Under investigation	971	2.2%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	15,847	46.8%	2,040.4
Black, non-Latinx	10,323	30.4%	1,316.3
White, non-Latinx	5,069	15.0%	563.2
Asian, non-Latinx	975	2.9%	542.1
Other, non-Latinx	1,652	4.9%	1,382.8
Under investigation	10,771	24.1%	-
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	2,025	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,867	92.2%
No underlying chronic conditions	158	7.8%
Under investigation	52	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.