Report Date: June 06, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 47,953 2,262
Illinois (IDPH link) 126,890 5,864
U.S. (CDC link) 1,891,690 109,192
World (WHO link) 6,663,304 392,802
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 2,262 100% 4.7% 83.6
Age
0-17 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.2
18-29 15 0.7% 0.2% 2.7
30-39 52 2.3% 0.6% 11.4
40-49 118 5.2% 1.3% 35.1
50-59 243 10.7% 2.9% 77.6
60-69 486 21.5% 8.2% 184.8
70+ 1,347 59.5% 23.4% 572.4
Gender 
Female 910 40.2% 3.9% 65.7
Male 1,352 59.8% 5.8% 102.4
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 685 30.5% 3.9% 88.2
Black, non-Latinx 1,004 44.7% 9.1% 128.0
White, non-Latinx 432 19.2% 8.1% 48.0
Asian, non-Latinx 108 4.8% 10.4% 60.1
Other, non-Latinx 18 0.8% 1.0% 15.1
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 47,953 100% 1,772.1
Age
0-17 2,103 4.4% 383.1
18-29 8,591 17.9% 1,553.7
30-39 8,488 17.7% 1,860.1
40-49 8,806 18.4% 2,617.3
50-59 8,284 17.3% 2,646.9
60-69 5,898 12.3% 2,242.7
70+ 5,760 12.0% 2,447.7
Under investigation 23 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 23,625 49.3% 1,704.4
Male 23,333 48.7% 1,767.8
Under investigation 995 2.0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 17,624 47.9% 2,269.2
Black, non-Latinx 11,009 29.9% 1,403.7
White, non-Latinx 5,320 14.5% 591.1
Asian, non-Latinx 1,041 2.8% 578.8
Other, non-Latinx 1,809 4.9% 1,514.2
Under investigation 11,150 23.3% -
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 2,209 -
   Underlying chronic conditions3 2,035 92.1%
   No underlying chronic conditions 174 7.9%
   Under investigation 53 -
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