Report Date: April 18 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES (1) DEATHS
Chicago 12,035 488
Illinois (IDPH link) 29,160 1259
U.S. (CDC link) 690,714 35,442
World (WHO link) 2,164,111 146,198
(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 488 100% 4.1% 18.0
 
0-17 0 0% 0% 0%
18-29 3 0.6% 0.2% 0.5
30-39 11 2.3% 0.5% 2.4
40-49 33 6.8% 1.5% 9.8
50-59 64 13.1% 2.7% 20.4
60-69 88 18.0% 5.1% 33.5
70+ 289 59.2% 15.6% 122.8
Gender 
Female 122.8 39.1% 3.3% 13.8
Male 296 60.7% 4.9% 22.4
Under investigation 1 0.2% 0.5% -
Race-ethnicity
Latinx 80 16.4% 3.9% 10.3
Black, non-Latinx 283 58.0% 7.1% 36.1
White, non-Latinx 78 16.0% 4.4% 8.7
Asian, non-Latinx 22 4.5% 6.7% 12.2
Other, non-Latinx 5 1.0% 1.0% 4.2
Under investigation 20 4.1% 0.6% -

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC  NUMBER % TOTAL CASES (1) RATE PER 100,000
Chicago 12,035 100% 444.8
 
0-17 185 1.5% 33.7
18-29 1,671 13.9% 302.2
30-39 2,063 17.1% 452.1
40-49 2,189 18.2% 650.6
50-59 2,359 19.6% 753.8
60-69 1,710 14.2% 650.2
70+ 1,850 15.4% 786.2
Under investigation 8 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 5,813 48.3% 419.4
Male 6,018 50.0% 456.0
Under investigation 204 1.7% -
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx 2,044 23.7% 263.2
Black, non-Latinx 3,991 46.3% 508.9
White, non-Latinx 1,775 20.6% 197.2
Asian, non-Latinx 330 3.8% 183.5
Other, non-Latinx 478 5.6% 400.1
Under investigation 3,417 (28.4%) -
(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 468 -
   Underlying chronic conditions (3) 427 91.2%
   No underlying chronic conditions 41 8.8%
   Under investigation 20 -
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
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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)


COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health