Report Date: August 12, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 64,612 2,812
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 48,433 2,122
Illinois (IDPH) 198,593 7,672
U.S. (CDC) 5,119,711 163,651
World (WHO) 20,162,474 737,417
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 2,812 100% 4.4% 103.9
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.1% 0.4
18-29 21 0.7% 0.2% 3.8
30-39 68 2.4% 0.6% 14.9
40-49 154 5.5% 1.4% 45.8
50-59 312 11.1% 3.0% 99.7
60-69 616 21.9% 8.5% 234.2
70+ 1,639 58.3% 23.8% 696.5
Gender 
Female 1,162 41.3% 3.6% 83.8
Male 1,650 58.7% 5.3% 125.0
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 917 32.8% 3.7% 118.2
Black, non-Latinx 1,203 43.0% 7.9% 153.4
White, non-Latinx 536 19.1% 6.5% 59.6
Asian, non-Latinx 121 4.3% 8.6% 67.3
Other, non-Latinx 22 0.8% 0.9% 18.4
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 64,612 100% 2,387.7
Age
0-17 3,826 5.9% 696.9
18-29 13,321 20.6% 2,409.1
30-39 11,776 18.2% 2,580.6
40-49 11,276 17.5% 3,351.3
50-59 10,279 15.9% 3,284.3
60-69 7,224 11.2% 2,746.7
70+ 6,899 10.7% 2,931.6
Under investigation 11 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 32,462 50.2% 2,341.9
Male 31,121 48.2% 2,357.9
Under investigation 1,029 1.6% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 24,581 47.1% 3,164.9
Black, non-Latinx 15,351 29.4% 1,957.3
White, non-Latinx 8,279 15.9% 919.9
Asian, non-Latinx 1,399 2.6% 777.9
Other, non-Latinx 2,593 5.0% 2,170.3
Under investigation 12,409 19.2% -
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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