Report Date: April 22 2020

Latest Update: April 22, 2020

There have been 14,406 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 35,108 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	14,406	627
Illinois (IDPH link)	35,108	1,565
U.S. (CDC link)	802,583	44,575
World (WHO link)	2,475,723	169,151
(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	627	100%	4.4%	23.2

0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	3	0.5%	0.1%	0.5
30-39	13	2.1%	0.5%	2.6
40-49	42	6.7%	1.6%	12.5
50-59	78	12.4%	2.8%	24.9
60-69	115	18.3%	5.6%	43.7
70+	376	60.0%	17.0%	159.8
Gender
Female	243	38.8%	3.5%	17.5
Male	383	61.0%	5.3%	29.0
Under investigation	1	0.2%	0.4%	-
Race-ethnicity
Latinx	118	18.8%	4.2%	15.2
Black, non-Latinx	343	54.7%	7.3%	43.7
White, non-Latinx	108	17.2%	5.1%	12.0
Asian, non-Latinx	30	4.8%	7.5%	16.7
Other, non-Latinx	6	1.0%	1.1%	5.0
Under investigation	22	3.5%	0.6%	-

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES (1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	14,406	100%	532.4

0-17	242	1.7%	44.1
18-29	2,051	14.2%	370.9
30-39	2,455	17.0%	538.0
40-49	2,610	18.1%	775.7
50-59	2,796	19.4%	893.4
60-69	2,041	14.2%	776.1
70+	2,206	15.3%	937.4
Under investigation	5	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	6,957	48.3%	501.9
Male	7,208	50.0%	546.1
Under investigation	241	1.7%	-
Race-ethnicity (2)
Latinx	2,783	26.4%	358.3
Black, non-Latinx	4,705	44.6%	599.9
White, non-Latinx	2,102	19.9%	233.6
Asian, non-Latinx	399	3.8%	221.9
Other, non-Latinx	558	5.3%	467.1
Under investigation	3,859	(26.8%)	-
(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	597	-
Underlying chronic conditions (3)	554	92.8%
No underlying chronic conditions	43	7.2%
Under investigation	30	-
(3) Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.