Report Date: August 17, 2020
Latest Update: August 17 2020
There have been 66,417 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 207,854 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 | 66,417 | 2,830 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 50,189 | 2,134 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 207,854 | 7,756 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 5,382,125 | 169,350 |
| World (WHO) | 21,549,706 | 767,158 |
| 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 | 2,830 | 100% | 4.3% | 104.6 |
| 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 | 5.4% | 1.3% | 45.8 |
| 50-59 | 315 | 11.2% | 3.0% | 100.6 |
| 60-69 | 620 | 21.9% | 8.4% | 235.7 |
| 70+ | 1,650 | 58.3% | 23.7% | 701.1 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,166 | 41.2% | 3.5% | 84.1 |
| Male | 1,664 | 58.8% | 5.2% | 126.1 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 924 | 32.8% | 3.6% | 119.0 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,210 | 42.9% | 7.7% | 154.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 540 | 19.2% | 6.2% | 60.0 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 122 | 4.3% | 8.6% | 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 | 66,417 | 100% | 2,454.4 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 4,068 | 6.0% | 741.0 |
| 18-29 | 13,814 | 20.8% | 2,498.2 |
| 30-39 | 12,120 | 18.2% | 2,655.9 |
| 40-49 | 11,572 | 17.4% | 3,439.2 |
| 50-59 | 7,367 | 15.8% | 3,353.5 |
| 60-69 | 6,969 | 11.2% | 2,801.1 |
| 70+ | 11 | 10.5% | 2,961.3 |
| Under investigation | 0.0% | - | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 33,338 | 50.2% | 2,405.1 |
| Male | 32,044 | 48.2% | 2,427.8 |
| Under investigation | 1,035 | 1.6% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 25,350 | 47.1% | 3,263.9 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 15,675 | 29.1% | 1,998.6 |
| White, non-Latinx | 8,657 | 16.1% | 961.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,424 | 2.6% | 791.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,668 | 5.1% | 2,232.9 |
| Under investigation | 12,643 | 19.0% | - |
| 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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