Report Date: August 18, 2020
Latest Update: August 18, 2020
There have been 66,672 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 209,594 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 | 66,672 | 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. |
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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COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health