Report Date: August 26, 2020
Latest Update: August 26, 2020
There have been 69,539 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 225,627 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 | 69,539 | 2,861 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 53,578 | 2,170 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 225,627 | 7,954 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 5,752,653 | 177,759 |
| World (WHO) | 23,752,965 | 815,038 |
| 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 | 2,861 | 100% | 4.1% | 105.7 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.2% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 69 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 15.1 |
| 40-49 | 160 | 5.6% | 1.3% | 47.6 |
| 50-59 | 317 | 11.1% | 2.9% | 101.3 |
| 60-69 | 627 | 21.9% | 8.3% | 238.4 |
| 70+ | 1,663 | 58.1% | 23.3% | 706.6 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,180 | 41.2% | 3.4% | 85.1 |
| Male | 1,681 | 58.8% | 5.0% | 127.4 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 933 | 32.8% | 3.5% | 120.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,225 | 43.0% | 7.6% | 156.2 |
| White, non-Latinx | 547 | 19.2% | 5.8% | 60.8 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 122 | 4.3% | 8.2% | 67.8 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 21 | 0.7% | 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 | 69,539 | 100% | 2,569.8 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 4,443 | 6.4% | 809.3 |
| 18-29 | 14,742 | 21.2% | 2,666.0 |
| 30-39 | 12,716 | 18.3% | 2,786.5 |
| 40-49 | 12,001 | 17.3% | 3,566.6 |
| 50-59 | 10,900 | 15.7% | 3,482.5 |
| 60-69 | 7,596 | 10.8% | 2,888.0 |
| 70+ | 7,131 | 10.3% | 3,030.0 |
| Under investigation | 10 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 34,965 | 50.3% | 2,522.5 |
| Male | 33,525 | 48.2% | 2,540.0 |
| Under investigation | 1,049 | 1.5% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 26,793 | 47.3% | 3,449.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 16,199 | 28.6% | 2,065.4 |
| White, non-Latinx | 9,383 | 16.6% | 1,042.5 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,479 | 2.6% | 822.3 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,788 | 4.9% | 2,333.2 |
| Under investigation | 12,897 | 18.6% | - |
| 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)
COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health