Report Date: June 03, 2020

Latest Update: June 03, 2020

There have been 46,979 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 123,830 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	46,979	2,188
Illinois (IDPH link)	123,830	5,621
U.S. (CDC link)	1,827,425	106,202
World (WHO link)	6,287,771	379,941
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	2,188	100%	4.7%	80.9
Age
0-17	1	0.0%	0.1%	0.2
18-29	14	0.6%	0.2%	2.5
30-39	51	2.3%	0.6%	11.2
40-49	112	5.1%	1.3%	33.3
50-59	238	10.9%	2.9%	76.0
60-69	466	21.3%	8.0%	177.2
70+	1,306	59.7%	23.0%	555.0
Gender
Female	872	39.9%	3.8%	62.9
Male	1,316	60.1%	5.8%	99.7
Under investigation	0	0%	0%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	650	29.9%	3.8%	83.7
Black, non-Latinx	975	44.9%	9.1%	124.3
White, non-Latinx	425	19.6%	8.1%	47.2
Asian, non-Latinx	104	4.8%	10.1%	57.8
Other, non-Latinx	19	0.9%	1.1%	15.9
Under investigation	15	0.7%	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	46,979	100%	1,736.1
Age
0-17	2,031	4.3%	369.9
18-29	8,402	17.9%	1,519.5
30-39	8,326	17.7%	1,824.6
40-49	8,635	18.4%	2,566.4
50-59	8,128	17.3%	2,597.1
60-69	5,797	12.3%	2,204.3
70+	5,679	12.0%	2,413.3
Under investigation	26	0.1%	-
Gender
Female	23,126	49.2%	1,668.4
Male	22,853	48.6%	1,731.5
Under investigation	1,000	2.2%	-
Race-ethnicity²
Latinx	17,125	47.8%	2,205.0
Black, non-Latinx	10,721	29.9%	1,367.0
White, non-Latinx	5,232	14.6%	581.3
Asian, non-Latinx	1,025	2.9%	569.9
Other, non-Latinx	1,751	4.8%	1,465.7
Under investigation	11,125	23.7%	-
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	2,135	-
Underlying chronic conditions³	1,969	92.2%
No underlying chronic conditions	166	7.8%
Under investigation	53	-
³Cases with at least one underlying chronic condition. Most common underlying conditions include diabetes, hypertension, and lung disease.