Report Date: June 07, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 48,147 2,269
Illinois (IDPH link) 127,757 5,904
U.S. (CDC link) 1,920,904 109,901
World (WHO link) 6,799,713 397,388
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 2,269 100% 4.7% 83.9
Age
0-17 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.2
18-29 15 0.7% 0.2% 2.7
30-39 53 2.3% 0.6% 11.6
40-49 118 5.3% 1.3% 35.1
50-59 243 10.7% 2.9% 77.6
60-69 489 21.6% 8.3% 185.9
70+ 1,350 59.4% % 23.4% 573.7
Gender 
Female 913 40.2% 3.8% 65.9
Male 1,356 59.8% 5.8% 102.7
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 687 30.5% 3.9% 88.5
Black, non-Latinx 1,009 44.8% 9.1% 128.7
White, non-Latinx 432 19.2% 8.1% 48.0
Asian, non-Latinx 108 4.8% 10.3% 60.1
Other, non-Latinx 18 0.7% 1.0% 15.1
Under investigation 15 0.7% 0.1% -
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 48,147 100% 1,779.3
Age
0-17 2,130 4.4% 388.0
18-29 8,639 17.9% 1,562.4
30-39 8,533 17.7% 1,870.0
40-49 8,828 18.3% 2,623.8
50-59 8,303 17.2% 2,653.0
60-69 5,916 12.3% 2,249.5
70+ 5,775 12.0% 2,454.1
Under investigation 23 0.2% -
Gender 
Female 23,721 49.3% 1,711.3
Male 23,434 48.7% 1,775.5
Under investigation 992 2.0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 17,677 47.8% 2,276.0
Black, non-Latinx 11,052 29.9% 1,409.2
White, non-Latinx 5,354 14.6% 594.9
Asian, non-Latinx 1,050 2.8% 583.8
Other, non-Latinx 1,821 4.9% 1,524.3
Under investigation 11,193 23.2% -
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 2,217 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 2,044 92.2%
   No underlying chronic conditions 173 7.8%
   Under investigation 52 -
3Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
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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)

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