Report Date: May 20 2020

Latest Update: May 20, 2020

There have been 38,783 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 100,418 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	38,783	1,788
Illinois (IDPH link)	100,418	4,525
U.S. (CDC link)	1,528,235	91,664
World (WHO link)	4,789,205	318,789
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	1,788	100%	4.6%	66.1
Age
0-17	1	0.1%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	11	0.6%	0.2%	2.0
30-39	41	2.2%	0.6%	9.0
40-49	96	5.4%	1.3%	28.5
50-59	194	10.9%	2.8%	62.0
60-69	372	20.8%	7.6%	141.4
70+	1,073	60.0%	21.9%	456.0
Gender
Female	707	39.5%	3.7%	51.0
Male	1,080	60.4%	5.7%	81.8
Under investigation	1	0.1%	0%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	500	28.3%	3.7%	64.4
Black, non-Latinx	818	46.3%	8.8%	104.3
White, non-Latinx	341	19.3%	7.5%	37.9
Asian, non-Latinx	87	4.9%	10.3%	48.4
Other, non-Latinx	21	1.2%	1.5%	17.6
Under investigation	21	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	38,783	100%	1,433.2
Age
0-17	1,414	3.6%	257.6
18-29	6,631	17.1%	1,199.2
30-39	6,869	17.7%	1,505.3
40-49	7,164	18.5%	2,129.2
50-59	6,867	17.7%	2,194.2
60-69	4,920	12.7%	1,870.8
70+	4,894	12.6%	2,097.7
Under investigation	24	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	18,900	48.7%	1,363.5
Male	18,975	48.9%	1,437.6
Under investigation	908	2.4%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	13,363	45.3%	1,720.6
Black, non-Latinx	9,292	31.5%	1,184.8
White, non-Latinx	4,532	15.4%	503.6
Asian, non-Latinx	841	2.9%	467.6
Other, non-Latinx	1,445	4.9%	1,209.5
Under investigation	9,310	24.0%	-
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	1,738	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,600	92.1%
No underlying chronic conditions	138	7.9%
Under investigation	50	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.