Report Date: April 09 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES (1) DEATHS
Chicago 6,619 196
Illinois (IDPH link) 16,422 528
U.S. (CDC link) 427,460 14,696
World (WHO link) 1,436,198 85,522
(1) Does 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 % DEATHS WITHIN GROUP RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION
Chicago 196 3.0% 7.2
Age
0-17 1 1.5% 0.2
18-29 2 0.2% 0.4
30-39 5 0.4% 1.1
40-49 19 1.6% 5.6
50-59 26 2.0% 8.3
60-69 32 3.3% 12.2
70+ 111 10.5% 47.2
Gender 
Female 78 2.4% 5.6
Male 118 3.6% 8.9
Unknown - - -
Race-ethnicity
Latinx 20 2.6% 2.6
Black, non-Latinx 132 5.3% 16.8
White, non-Latinx 25 2.3% 2.8
Asian, non-Latinx 6 3.4% 3.3
Other, non-Latinx 5 1.6% 4.2
Unknown 8 0.4% -

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC  NUMBER % TOTAL CASES (1) RATE PER 100,000
Chicago 6,619  100% 244.6
Age
0-17 65 1.0% 11.8
18-29 898 13.6% 162.4
30-39 1147 17.3% 251.4
40-49 1198 18.1% 356.1
50-59 1278 19.3% 408.4
60-69 968 14.6% 368.1
70+ 1060 16.0% 450.5
Unknown 5 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 3235 48.9% 233.4
Male 3309 50.0% 250.7
Unknown 75 1.1% -
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx 774 16.1% 99.7
Black, non-Latinx 2487 51.5% 317.1
White, non-Latinx 1081 22.4% 120.1
Asian, non-Latinx 175 3.6% 97.3
Other, non-Latinx 308 6.4% 257.8
Unknown 1794 (27.1%) -
(2) Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.

Underlying Chronic Conditions among Chicago residents who died from COVID-19

CHARACTERISTIC NUMBER % OF KNOWN
Known medical history 173 -
   Underlying chronic conditions (3) 164 94.8%
   No underlying chronic conditions 9 5.2%
   Under investigation 23 -
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
COVID-19 Map 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