Report Date: September 08, 2020
Latest Update: September 08, 2020
There have been 73,835 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 252,353 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 | 73,835 | 2,895 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 58,244 | 2,201 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 252,353 | 8,186 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 6,287,362 | 188,688 |
| World (WHO) | 27,236,916 | 891,031 |
| 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 | 2,895 | 100% | 3.9% | 107.0 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 71 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 15.6 |
| 40-49 | 161 | 5.6% | 1.3% | 47.9 |
| 50-59 | 322 | 11.1% | 2.8% | 102.9 |
| 60-69 | 632 | 21.8% | 8.0% | 240.3 |
| 70+ | 1,684 | 58.2% | 22.9% | 715.6 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,197 | 41.3% | 3.2% | 86.4 |
| Male | 1,698 | 58.7% | 4.8% | 128.6 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 945 | 32.8% | 3.3% | 121.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,232 | 42.8% | 7.3% | 157.1 |
| White, non-Latinx | 552 | 19.2% | 5.4% | 61.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 124 | 4.3% | 7.9% | 68.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 26 | 0.9% | 0.9% | 21.8 |
| Under investigation | 16 | 0.6% | 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 | 73,835 | 100% | 2,728.6 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 4,985 | 6.8% | 908.0 |
| 18-29 | 16,008 | 21.7% | 2,895.1 |
| 30-39 | 13,533 | 18.3% | 2,965.7 |
| 40-49 | 12,645 | 17.1% | 3,758.3 |
| 50-59 | 11,417 | 15.5% | 3,648.0 |
| 60-69 | 7,895 | 10.7% | 3,002.0 |
| 70+ | 7,338 | 9.9% | 3,118.3 |
| Under investigation | 14 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 37,226 | 50.4% | 2,685.6 |
| Male | 35,541 | 48.1% | 2,692.8 |
| Under investigation | 1,068 | 1.4% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 28,566 | 47.5% | 3,678.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 16,840 | 28.0% | 2,147.2 |
| White, non-Latinx | 10,224 | 17.0% | 1,136.0 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,560 | 2.6% | 867.4 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,957 | 4.9% | 2,475.2 |
| Under investigation | 13,688 | 18.5% | - |
| 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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