Report Date: September 15, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 75,572 2,919
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 60,096 2,218
Illinois (IDPH) 264,210 8,332
U.S. (CDC) 6,537,627 194,092
World (WHO) 29,155,581 926,544
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 2,919 100% 3.9% 107.9
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.4
18-29 23 0.8% 0.1% 4.2
30-39 73 2.5% 0.5% 16.0
40-49 162 5.5% 1.3% 48.1
50-59 327 11.2% 2.8% 104.5
60-69 638 21.9% 8.0% 242.6
70+ 1,694 58.0% 22.9% 719.9
Gender 
Female 1,204 41.2% 3.2% 86.9
Male 1,715 58.8% 4.7% 129.9
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 960 33.0% 3.3% 123.6
Black, non-Latinx 1,244 42.8% 7.3% 158.6
White, non-Latinx 554 19.1% 5.2% 61.6
Asian, non-Latinx 124 4.3% 7.8% 68.9
Other, non-Latinx 24 0.8% 0.8% 20.1
Under investigation 13 0.4% 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 75,572 100% 2,792.8
Age
0-17 5,181 6.9% 943.7
18-29 16,548 21.9% 2,992.8
30-39 13,913 18.4% 3,049.0
40-49 12,884 17.0% 3,829.3
50-59 11,605 15.4% 3,708.1
60-69 8,018 10.6% 3,048.8
70+ 7,411 9.8% 3,149.3
Under investigation 12 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 38,116 50.4% 2,749.8
Male 36,378 48.2% 2,756.2
Under investigation 1,078 1.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 29,411 47.7% 3,786.9
Black, non-Latinx 17,040 27.6% 2,172.7
White, non-Latinx 10,647 17.3% 1,183.0
Asian, non-Latinx 1,599 2.6% 889.1
Other, non-Latinx 2,969 4.8% 2,485.2
Under investigation 13,906 18.4% -
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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