Report Date: August 06, 2020
Latest Update: August 06, 2020
There have been 62,797 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 188,424 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 | 62,797 | 2,798 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 46,343 | 2,112 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 188,424 | 7,594 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 4,802,491 | 157,631 |
| World (WHO) | 18,614,177 | 702,642 |
| 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 | 2,798 | 100% | 4.5% | 103.4 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 20 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 3.6 |
| 30-39 | 68 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 14.9 |
| 40-49 | 151 | 5.4% | 1.4% | 44.9 |
| 50-59 | 311 | 11.1% | 3.1% | 99.4 |
| 60-69 | 613 | 21.9% | 8.7% | 233.1 |
| 70+ | 1,633 | 58.4% | 24.0% | 693.9 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,157 | 41.4% | 3.7% | 83.5 |
| Male | 1,641 | 58.6% | 5.5% | 124.3 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 912 | 32.7% | 3.9% | 117.4 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,198 | 43.0% | 8.0% | 152.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 535 | 19.2% | 6.8% | 59.4 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 120 | 4.3% | 8.8% | 66.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 21 | 0.8% | 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 | 62,797 | 100% | 2,320.7 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 3,602 | 5.7% | 656.1 |
| 18-29 | 12,776 | 20.3% | 2,310.6 |
| 30-39 | 11,413 | 18.2% | 2,501.1 |
| 40-49 | 11,009 | 17.5% | 3,272.0 |
| 50-59 | 10,106 | 16.2% | 3,229.1 |
| 60-69 | 7,088 | 11.3% | 2,695.1 |
| 70+ | 6,792 | 10.8% | 2,886.2 |
| Under investigation | 11 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 31,534 | 50.2% | 2,275.0 |
| Male | 30,256 | 48.2% | 2,292.3 |
| Under investigation | 1,007 | 1.6% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 23,796 | 47.1% | 3,063.9 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 14,993 | 29.6% | 1,911.7 |
| White, non-Latinx | 7,892 | 15.6% | 876.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,372 | 2.7% | 762.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,520 | 5.0% | 2,109.3 |
| Under investigation | 12,224 | 19.5% | - |
| 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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