Report Date: April 17 2020

Latest Update: April 17, 2020

There have been 11,383 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 27,575 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.

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COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY	CASES (1)	DEATHS
Chicago	11,383	461
Illinois (IDPH link)	27,575	1,134
U.S. (CDC link)	661,712	33,049
World (WHO link)	2,078,605	139,515
(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	% TOTAL DEATHS	% DEATHS WITHIN GROUP	RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION
Chicago	461	100%	4.0%	17.0
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	3	0.6%	0.2%	0.5
30-39	11	2.4%	0.6%	2.4
40-49	33	7.2%	1.6%	9.8
50-59	59	12.8%	2.6%	18.9
60-69	83	18.0%	5.1%	31.6
70+	272	59.0%	15.5%	115.6
Gender
Female	182	39.5%	3.3%	13.1
Male	278	60.3%	4.9%	21.1
Under investigation	1	0.2%	0.5%	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	70	15.2%	3.7%	9.0
Black, non-Latinx	273	59.2%	7.1%	34.8
White, non-Latinx	74	16.1%	4.3%	8.2
Asian, non-Latinx	19	4.1%	5.9%	10.6
Other, non-Latinx	7	1.5%	1.5%	5.9
Under investigation	18	3.9%	0.6%	-

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES (1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	11,383	100%	420.7
Age
0-17	180	1.5%	32.8
18-29	1,559	13.7%	281.9
30-39	1,954	17.2%	428.2
40-49	2,062	18.1%	612.9
50-59	2,250	19.8%	718.9
60-69	1,613	14.2%	613.3
70+	1,757	15.4%	746.6
Under investigation	8	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	5,513	48.5%	397.7
Male	5,672	49.8%	429.7
Under investigation	198	1.7%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	1,875	22.8%	241.4
Black, non-Latinx	3,846	46.8%	490.4
White, non-Latinx	1,713	20.9%	190.3
Asian, non-Latinx	320	3.9%	177.9
Other, non-Latinx	459	5.6%	384.2
Under investigation	3,160	(27.8%)	-
(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	442	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	402	91.0%
No underlying chronic conditions	40	9.0%
Under investigation	19	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.