Report Date: May 24 2020

Latest Update: May 24, 2020

There have been 42,419 c cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 110,304 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	42,419	1,940
Illinois (IDPH link)	110,304	4,856
U.S. (CDC link)	1,622,114	97,049
World (WHO link)	5,206,614	337,736
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	1,940	100%	4.6%	71.7
Age
0-17	1	0.1%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	14	0.7%	0.2%	2.5
30-39	44	2.3%	0.6%	9.6
40-49	101	5.2%	1.3%	30.0
50-59	214	11.0%	2.9%	68.4
60-69	411	21.2%	7.8%	156.3
70+	1,155	59.5%	22.1%	490.8
Gender
Female	767	39.5%	3.7%	55.3
Male	1,173	60.5%	5.7%	88.9
Under investigation	0	0%	0%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	563	29.3%	3.8%	72.5
Black, non-Latinx	867	45.1%	8.8%	110.5
White, non-Latinx	378	19.7%	7.8%	42.0
Asian, non-Latinx	99	5.2%	10.7%	55.0
Other, non-Latinx	15	0.7%	1.0%	12.6
Under investigation	18	0.9%	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	42,419	100%	1,567.6
Age
0-17	1,642	3.9%	299.1
18-29	7,447	17.6%	1,346.8
30-39	7,534	17.8%	1,651.0
40-49	7,803	18.4%	2,319.2
50-59	7,436	17.5%	2,376.0
60-69	5,293	12.5%	2,012.6
70+	5,237	12.2%	2,225.5
Under investigation	27	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	20,753	48.9%	1,497.2
Male	20,694	48.8%	1,567.9
Under investigation	972	2.3%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	14,786	46.3%	1,903.8
Black, non-Latinx	9,829	30.8%	1,253.3
White, non-Latinx	4,849	15.2%	538.8
Asian, non-Latinx	926	2.9%	514.9
Other, non-Latinx	1,547	4.8%	1,294.9
Under investigation	10,482	24.7%	-
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	1,892	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,743	92.1%
No underlying chronic conditions	149	7.9%
Under investigation	48	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.