Report Date: August 18, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 66,672 2,831
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 50,498 2,143
Illinois (IDPH) 209,594 7,782
U.S. (CDC) 5,422,242 169,870
World (WHO) 21,756,357 771,635
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 2,831 100% 4.2% 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
40-49 155 5.5% 1.3% 46.1
50-59 316 11.2% 3.0% 101.0
60-69 620 21.9% 8.4% 235.7
70+ 1,649 58.2% 23.6% 700.7
Gender 
Female 1,167 41.2% 3.5% 84.2
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 1,213 43.0% 7.7% 154.7
White, non-Latinx 538 19.1% 6.2% 59.8
Asian, non-Latinx 122 4.3% 8.5% 67.8
Other, non-Latinx 21 0.8% 0.8% 17.6
Under investigation 13 0.5% 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 66,672 100% 2,463.9
Age
0-17  4,098 6.0% 746.4
18-29 13,881 20.8% 2,510.3
30-39 12,176 18.3% 2,668.2
40-49 11,602 17.4% 3,448.1
50-59 10,534 15.8% 3,365.7
60-69 7,380 11.1% 2,806.0
70+ 6,988 10.5% 2,969.3
Under investigation 13  0.0% -
Gender 
Female 33,469 50.2% 2,414.6
Male 32,171 48.3% 2,437.4
Under investigation 1,032 1.6% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 25,502 47.2% 3,283.5
Black, non-Latinx 15,734 29.1% 2006.2
White, non-Latinx 8,738 16.2% 970.9
Asian, non-Latinx 1,433 2.7% 796.7
Other, non-Latinx 2,663 4.8% 2,228.7
Under investigation 12,602 18.9% -
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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