Report Date: April 19 2020

Latest Update: April 19, 2020

There have been 12,571 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 30,357 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	12,571	500
Illinois (IDPH link)	30,357	1,290
U.S. (CDC link)	690,714	35,443
World (WHO link)	2,245,872	152,707
(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	500	100%	4.0%	18.5

0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	3	0.6%	0.2%	0.5
30-39	11	2.2%	0.5%	2.4
40-49	35	7.0%	1.5%	10.4
50-59	65	13.0%	2.6%	20.8
60-69	88	17.6%	4.9%	33.5
70+	298	59.6%	15.7%	126.6
Gender
Female	196	39.2%	3.2%	14.1
Male	303	60.6%	4.8%	23.0
Under investigation	1	0.2%	0.5%	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	83	16.6%	3.8%	10.7
Black, non-Latinx	287	57.4%	6.9%	36.6
White, non-Latinx	82	16.4%	4.4%	9.1
Asian, non-Latinx	23	4.6%	6.8%	2.8
Other, non-Latinx	5	1.0%	1.0%	4.2
Under investigation	20	4.0%	0.6%	-

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES (1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	12,571	100%	464.6

0-17	198	1.6%	36.1
18-29	1,758	14.0%	317.9
30-39	2,155	17.1%	472.3
40-49	2,291	18.2%	680.9
50-59	2,471	19.7%	789.5
60-69	1,786	14.2%	679.1
70+	1,904	15.1%	809.1
Under investigation	8	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	6,076	48.3%	438.3
Male	6,292	50.1%	476.7
Under investigation	203	1.6%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	2,189	24.2%	281.8
Black, non-Latinx	4,162	46.0%	530.7
White, non-Latinx	1,863	20.6%	207.0
Asian, non-Latinx	340	3.8%	189.1
Other, non-Latinx	500	5.4%	418.5
Under investigation	3,517	(28.0%)	-
(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	479	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	437	91.2%
No underlying chronic conditions	42	8.8%
Under investigation	21	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.