Report Date: August 13, 2020
Latest Update: August 13, 2020
There have been 65,002 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 200,427 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 | 65,002 | 2,817 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 48,794 | 2,126 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 200,427 | 7,696 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 5,176,018 | 165,148 |
| World (WHO) | 20,439,814 | 744,385 |
| 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 | 2,817 | 100% | 4.3% | 104.1 |
| 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 | 618 | 21.9% | 8.5% | 235.0 |
| 70+ | 1,642 | 58.3% | 23.7% | 697.7 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,164 | 41.3% | 3.6% | 84.0 |
| Male | 1,653 | 58.7% | 5.3% | 125.2 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 920 | 32.8% | 3.7% | 118.5 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,205 | 43.0% | 7.8% | 153.6 |
| White, non-Latinx | 536 | 19.1% | 6.4% | 59.6 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 122 | 4.3% | 8.7% | 67.8 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 22 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 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 | 65,002 | 100% | 2,402.1 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 3,887 | 6.0% | 708.0 |
| 18-29 | 13,428 | 20.7% | 2,428.4 |
| 30-39 | 11,851 | 18.2% | 2,597.0 |
| 40-49 | 11,328 | 17.4% | 3,366.7 |
| 50-59 | 10,332 | 15.9% | 3,301.2 |
| 60-69 | 7,249 | 11.2% | 2,756.2 |
| 70+ | 6,916 | 10.6% | 2,938.8 |
| Under investigation | 11 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 32,649 | 50.2% | 2,355.4 |
| Male | 31,331 | 48.2% | 2,373.8 |
| Under investigation | 1,022 | 1.6% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 24,781 | 47.1% | 3,190.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 15,417 | 29.3% | 1,965.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 8,368 | 15.9% | 929.8 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,403 | 2.7% | 780.1 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,612 | 5.0% | 2,186.1 |
| Under investigation | 12,421 | 19.1% | - |
| 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)
Previous Reports
COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health