Report Date: August 19, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 67,076 2,836
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 50,902 2,148
Illinois (IDPH) 211,889 7,806
U.S. (CDC) 5,460,429 171,012
World (WHO) 21,989,366 775,893
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 2,836 100% 4.2% 104.8
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 11.1% 3.0% 101.0
60-69 621 21.9% 8.4% 236.1
70+ 1,653 58.3% 23.6% 702.4
Gender 
Female 1,169 41.2% 3.5% 84.3
Male 1,667 58.8% 5.1% 126.3
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 924 32.7% 3.6% 119.0
Black, non-Latinx 1,214 43.0% 7.7% 154.8
White, non-Latinx 541 19.2% 6.1% 60.1
Asian, non-Latinx 122 4.3% 8.5% 67.8
Other, non-Latinx 22 0.8% 0.8% 18.4
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 67,076 100% 2,478.8
Age
0-17  4,144 6.2% 754.8
18-29 13,993 20.9% 2,530.6
30-39 12,249 18.3% 2,684.2
40-49 11,664 17.4% 3,466.5
50-59 10,583 15.7% 3,381.3
60-69 7,413 11.1% 2,818.5
70+ 7,016 10.4% 2,981.2
Under investigation 14 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 33,660 50.2% 2,428.3
Male 32,376 48.3% 2,452.9
Under investigation 1,040 1.5% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 25,683 47.2% 3,306.8
Black, non-Latinx 15,786 29.0% 2,012.8
White, non-Latinx 8,855 16.3% 983.9
Asian, non-Latinx 1,438 2.6% 799.5
Other, non-Latinx 2,681 4.9% 2,243.8
Under investigation 12,633 18.8% -
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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