Report Date: July 17, 2020
Latest Update: July 17, 2020
There have been 56,516 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 159,334 in Illinois. As this outbreak has spread globally, CDPH is tracking it closely and is using data to guide its response.
COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography
| GEOGRAPHY | CASES1 | DEATHS |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 56,516 | 2,719 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 41,254 | 2,049 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 159,334 | 7,272 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 3,555,877 | 137,864 |
| World (WHO) | 13,616,593 | 585,727 |
| 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 | 2,719 | 100% | 4.8% | 100.0 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 20 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 3.6 |
| 30-39 | 66 | 2.4% | 0.7% | 14.5 |
| 40-49 | 145 | 5.3% | 1.4% | 43.1 |
| 50-59 | 300 | 11.1% | 3.2% | 95.9 |
| 60-69 | 598 | 22.0% | 9.0% | 227.4 |
| 70+ | 1,588 | 58.4% | 24.6% | 674.8 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,115 | 41.0% | 4.0% | 80.4 |
| Male | 1,603 | 59.0% | 5.9% | 121.5 |
| Under investigation | 1 | 0.0% | 0.1% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 870 | 32.2% | 4.1% | 112.0 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,171 | 43.3% | 8.7% | 149.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 525 | 19.4% | 7.7% | 58.3 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 119 | 4.4% | 9.7% | 66.2 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 20 | 0.7% | 0.9% | 16.7 |
| Under investigation | 14 | 0.5% | 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 CASES1 | RATE PER 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 56,516 | 100% | 2,088.6 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 2,923 | 5.2% | 532.4 |
| 18-29 | 10,986 | 19.4% | 1,986.9 |
| 30-39 | 10,108 | 17.9% | 2,215.1 |
| 40-49 | 10,054 | 17.8% | 2,988.2 |
| 50-59 | 9,352 | 16.6% | 2,988.2 |
| 60-69 | 6,628 | 11.7% | 2,520.2 |
| 70+ | 6,451 | 11.4% | 2,741.4 |
| Under investigation | 14 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 28,219 | 49.9% | 2,035.8 |
| Male | 27,328 | 48.4% | 2,070.5 |
| Under investigation | 969 | 1.7% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 21,309 | 47.1% | 2,743.7 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 13,535 | 29.9% | 1,725.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 6,831 | 15.1% | 759.0 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,229 | 2.7% | 683.4 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,321 | 5.2% | 1,942.8 |
| Under investigation | 11,291 | 20.0% | - |
| 2Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider. | |||
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)
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