Report Date: September 17, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 76,225 2,923
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 60,751 2,224
Illinois (IDPH) 268,207 8,392
U.S. (CDC) 6,613,331 196,277
World (WHO) 29,737,453 937,391
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 2,923 100% 3.8% 108,0
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% 1.2% 48.1
50-59 328 11.2% 2.8% 104.8
60-69 638 21.8% 7.9% 242.6
70+ 1,697 58.1% 22.8% 721.1
Gender 
Female 1,206 41.3% 3.1% 87.0
Male 1,717 58.7% 4.7% 130.1
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 963 33.1% 3.2% 124.0
Black, non-Latinx 1,245 42.8% 7.3% 158.7
White, non-Latinx 553 19.0% 5.1% 61.4
Asian, non-Latinx 125 4.3% 7.8% 69.5
Other, non-Latinx 23 0.8% 0.8% 19.3
Under investigation 14 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 76,225 100% 2,816.9
Age
0-17 5,275 6.9% 960.8
18-29 16,714 21.9% 3,022.8
30-39 14,042 18.4% 3,077.2
40-49 12,984 17.0% 3,859.0
50-59 11,689 15.3% 3,734.9
60-69 8,071 10.6% 3,068.9
70+ 7,438 9.8% 3,160.8
Under investigation 12 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 38,458 50.5% 2,774.5
Male 36,692 48.1% 2,780.0
Under investigation 1,075 1.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 29,751 47.8% 3,830.6
Black, non-Latinx 17,125 27.5% 2,183.6
White, non-Latinx 10,824 17.4% 1,202.7
Asian, non-Latinx 1,608 2.6% 894.1
Other, non-Latinx 2,984 4.8% 2,497.8
Under investigation 13,933 18.3% -
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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