Report Date: July 24, 2020
Latest Update: July 24, 2020
There have been 58,454 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 168,457 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.
COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography
| GEOGRAPHY | CASES1 | DEATHS |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 58,454 | 2,746 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 42,966 | 2,075 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 168,457 | 7,385 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 4,024,492 | 143,868 |
| World (WHO) | 15,296,926 | 628,903 |
| 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 | 2,746 | 100% | 4.7% | 101.5 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 20 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 3.6 |
| 30-39 | 67 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 14.7 |
| 40-49 | 147 | 5.4% | 1.4% | 43.7 |
| 50-59 | 306 | 11.1% | 3.2% | 97.8 |
| 60-69 | 602 | 21.9% | 8.9% | 228.9 |
| 70+ | 1,602 | 58.3% | 24.4% | 680.8 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,135 | 41.3% | 3.9% | 81.9 |
| Male | 1,611 | 58.7% | 5.7% | 122.1 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 891 | 32.6% | 4.0% | 114.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,177 | 43.1% | 8.4% | 150.1 |
| White, non-Latinx | 525 | 19.2% | 7.3% | 58.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 121 | 4.4% | 9.6% | 67.3 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 20 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 16.7 |
| Under investigation | 12 | 0.4% | 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 CASES1 | RATE PER 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 58,454 | 100% | 2,160.2 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 3,099 | 5.3% | 564.5 |
| 18-29 | 11,544 | 19.7% | 2,087.8 |
| 30-39 | 10,503 | 18.0% | 2,301.7 |
| 40-49 | 10,354 | 17.7% | 3,077.4 |
| 50-59 | 9,591 | 16.4% | 3,064.6 |
| 60-69 | 6,778 | 11.6% | 2,577.3 |
| 70+ | 6,571 | 11.3% | 2,792.4 |
| Under investigation | 14 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 29,249 | 50.0% | 2,110.1 |
| Male | 28,228 | 48.3% | 2,138.7 |
| Under investigation | 977 | 1.7% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 22,009 | 47.0% | 2,833.8 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 14,015 | 29.9% | 1,787.0 |
| White, non-Latinx | 7,183 | 15.3% | 798.1 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,265 | 2.7% | 703.4 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,403 | 5.1% | 2,011.4 |
| Under investigation | 11,579 | 19.8% | - |
| 2Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider. | |||
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)
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