Report Date: May 08 2020

Latest Update: May 08, 2020

There have been 29,665 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 73,760 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	CASES¹	DEATHS
Chicago	29,665	1,268
Illinois (IDPH link)	73,760	3,241
U.S. (CDC link)	1,219,066	73,297
World (WHO link)	3,767,744	259,593
¹Does 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	1,268	100%	4.3%	46.9
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	10	0.8%	0.2%	1.8
30-39	26	2.1%	0.5%	5.7
40-49	70	5.5%	1.3%	20.8
50-59	142	11.2%	2.6%	45.4
60-69	261	20.6%	6.6%	99.2
70+	759	59.8%	18.7%	322.5
Gender
Female	498	39.3%	3.5%	35.9
Male	769	60.6%	5.3%	58.3
Under investigation	1	0.1%	0.1%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	321	25.9%	3.7%	41.3
Black, non-Latinx	620	50.0%	8.3%	79.1
White, non-Latinx	229	18.5%	6.2%	25.4
Asian, non-Latinx	57	4.6%	8.2%	31.7
Other, non-Latinx	13	1.0%	1.2%	10.9
Under investigation	28	2.2%	0.3%	-
²Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.

COVID-19 Case Characteristics for Chicago residents

CHARACTERISTIC	NUMBER	% TOTAL CASES(1)	RATE PER 100,000
Chicago	29,665	100%	1,096.3
Age
0-17	848	2.9%	154.5
18-29	4,801	16.2%	868.3
30-39	5,116	17.2%	1,121.1
40-49	5,458	18.4%	1,622.2
50-59	5,422	18.3%	1,732.5
60-69	3,938	13.3%	1,497.4
70+	4,059	13.6%	1,724.9
Under investigation	23	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	14,272	48.1%	1,029.6
Male	14,622	49.3%	1,107.8
Under investigation	771	2.6%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	8,616	39.9%	1,109.4
Black, non-Latinx	7,514	34.8%	958.1
White, non-Latinx	3,681	17.0%	409.0
Asian, non-Latinx	696	3.2%	387.0
Other, non-Latinx	1,107	5.1%	926.6
Under investigation	8,051	27.1%	-
²Race-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	1,221	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,148	94.0%
No underlying chronic conditions	73	6.0%
Under investigation	47	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.