Report Date: May 30 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 45,084 2,102
Illinois (IDPH link) 118,917 5,330
U.S. (CDC link) 1,737,950 102,785
World (WHO link) 5,819,962 362,786
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 2,102 100% 4.7% 77.7
Age
0-17 1 0.0% 0.1% 0.2
18-29 14 0.7% 0.2% 2.5
30-39 50 2.3% 0.6% 11.0
40-49 105 5.0% 1.3% 31.2
50-59 231 11.0% 2.9% 73.8
60-69 445 21.2% 7.9% 169.2
70+ 1,256 59.8% 22.9% 533.7
Gender 
Female 832 39.6% 3.8% 60.0
Male 1,269 60.4% 5.8% 96.1
Under investigation 1 0.0% 0.1% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 621 29.8% 3.9% 80.0
Black, non-Latinx 933 44.7% 9.0% 119.0
White, non-Latinx 407 19.5% 8.0% 45.2
Asian, non-Latinx 103 4.9% 10.4% 57.3
Other, non-Latinx 221 1.1% 1.3% 18.4
Under investigation 16 0.8% 0.1% -
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 45,084 100% 1,666.1
Age
0-17 1,854 4.1% 337.7
18-29 7,956 17.6% 1,438.9
30-39 8,015 17.8% 1,756.4
40-49 8,288 18.4% 2,463.3
50-59 7,844 17.4% 2,506.4
60-69 5,607 12.4% 2,132.0
70+ 5,494 12.3% 2,334.7
Under investigation 26 0.1% -
Gender 
Female 22,167 49.2% 1,599.2
Male 21,946 48.7% 1,662.7
Under investigation 971 2.1% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 16,031 46.9% 2,064.1
Black, non-Latinx 10,399 30.3% 1,326.0
White, non-Latinx 5,114 15.0% 568.2
Asian, non-Latinx 986 2.9% 548.3
Other, non-Latinx 1,670 4.9% 1,397.9
Under investigation 10,884 24.1% -
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 2,053 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 1,893 92.2%
   No underlying chronic conditions 160 7.8%
   Under investigation 49 -
3Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.
COVID-19 Reports

Data Source: Providers reporting to CDPH through the Illinois' National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS)
Data Source: Providers reporting to CDPH through the Illinois' National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS)

Chicago COVID Epidemic Trajectory Update

 


COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health