Report Date: May 14 2020

Latest Update: May 14, 2020

There have been 34,413 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 87,937 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	34,413	1,552
Illinois (IDPH link)	87,937	3,928
U.S. (CDC link)	1,384,930	83,947
World (WHO link)	4,258,666	294,190
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	1,552	100%	4.5%	57.4
Age
0-17	0	0%	0%	0
18-29	12	0.8%	0.2%	2.2
30-39	31	2.0%	0.5%	6.8
40-49	80	5.2%	1.2%	23.8
50-59	176	11.3%	2.8%	56.2
60-69	322	20.7%	7.3%	122.4
70+	931	60.0%	20.7%	395.6
Gender
Female	619	39.9%	3.7%	44.7
Male	931	60.0%	5.5%	70.5
Under investigation	2	0.1%	0.2%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	405	26.4%	3.7%	52.1
Black, non-Latinx	738	48.1%	8.8%	94.1
White, non-Latinx	296	19.3%	7.1%	32.9
Asian, non-Latinx	73	4.8%	9.7%	40.6
Other, non-Latinx	22	1.4%	1.7%	18.4
Under investigation	18	1.2%	0.2%	-
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	34,413	100%	1,271.7
Age
0-17	1,140	3.3%	207.7
18-29	5,679	16.5%	1,027.1
30-39	6,041	17.6%	1,323.8
40-49	6,413	18.6%	1,906.0
50-59	6,190	18.0%	1,977.9
60-69	4,434	12.9%	1,686.0
70+	4,491	13.0%	1,908.5
Under investigation	25	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	16,655	48.4%	1,201.6
Male	16,861	49.0%	1,277.5
Under investigation	897	2.6%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	10,936	42.9%	1,408.1
Black, non-Latinx	8,398	32.9%	1,070.8
White, non-Latinx	4,146	16.2%	460.7
Asian, non-Latinx	751	2.9%	417.6
Other, non-Latinx	1,286	5.1%	1,076.4
Under investigation	8,896	25.9%	-
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	1,503	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,390	92.5%
No underlying chronic conditions	113	7.5%
Under investigation	49	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.