Report Date: July 27, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 59,388 2,759
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 43,605 2,086
Illinois (IDPH) 172,655 7,416
U.S. (CDC) 4,225,687 146,546
World (WHO) 16,096,741 646,384
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 2,759 100% 4.6% 102.0
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.1% 0.4
18-29 20 0.7% 0.2% 3.6
30-39 68 2.5% 0.6% 14.9
40-49 148 5.4% 1.4% 44.0
50-59 307 11.1% 3.2% 98.1
60-69 605 21.9% 8.8% 230.0
70+ 1,609 58.3% 24.3% 683.7
Gender 
Female 1,140 41.3% 3.8% 82.2
Male 1,619 58.7% 5.6% 122.7
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 899 32.7% 4.0% 115.8
Black, non-Latinx 1,180 43.0% 8.3% 150.5
White, non-Latinx 528 19.2% 7.2% 58.7
Asian, non-Latinx 121 4.4% 9.4% 67.3
Other, non-Latinx 19 0.7% 0.8% 15.9
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 59,388 100% 2,194.7
Age
0-17 3,208 5.4% 584.3
18-29 11,806 19.7% 2,135.2
30-39 10,690 18.0% 2,342.6
40-49 10,501 17.7% 3,121.1
50-59 9,698 16.3% 3,098.7
60-69 6,845 11.5% 2,602.8
70+ 6,627 11.2% 2,816.2
Under investigation 13 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 29,249 50.1% 2,145.5
Male 28,667 48.3% 2,171.9
Under investigation 982 1.6% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 22,346 46.9% 2,877.2
Black, non-Latinx 14,237 29.9% 1,815.3
White, non-Latinx 7,326 15.4% 814.0
Asian, non-Latinx 1,289 2.7% 716.7
Other, non-Latinx 2,440 5.1% 2,024.4
Under investigation 11,750 19.8% -
2Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.
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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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