Report Date: September 22, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 77,675 2,935
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 62,391 2,237
Illinois (IDPH) 277,266 8,486
U.S. (CDC) 6,825,697 199,462
World (WHO) 31,174,627 962,613
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 2,935 100% 3.8% 108.5
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.4
18-29 23 0.8% 0.1% 4.2
30-39 74 2.5% 0.5% 16.2
40-49 162 5.5% 1.2% 48.1
50-59 329 11.2% 2.8% 105.1
60-69 640 21.8% 7.8% 243.4
70+ 1,704 58.1% 22.7% 724.1
Gender 
Female 1,213 41.3% 3.1% 87.5
Male 1,722 58.7% 4.6% 130.5
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 967 33.1% 3.2% 124.5
Black, non-Latinx 1,247 42.7% 7.2% 159.0
White, non-Latinx 560 19.2% 5.0% 62.2
Asian, non-Latinx 125 4.3% 7.6% 69.5
Other, non-Latinx 23 0.7% 0.8% 19.3
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 77,675 100% 2,870.5
Age
0-17 5,437 7.0% 990.3
18-29 17,160 22.0% 3,103.4
30-39 14,346 18.5% 3,143.8
40-49 13,178 17.0% 3,916.7
50-59 11,851 15.3% 3,786.7
60-69 8,181 10.5% 3,110.8
70+ 7,510 9.7% 3,191.4
Under investigation 12 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 39.196 50.5% 2,827.80
Male 37,407 48.2% 2,834.1
Under investigation 1,072 1.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 30,292 47.8% 3,900.3
Black, non-Latinx 17,308 27.3% 2,206.9
White, non-Latinx 11,134 17.6% 1,237.1
Asian, non-Latinx 1,640 2.6% 911.9
Other, non-Latinx 3,044 4.7% 2,548.0
Under investigation 14,257 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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