Report Date: July 22, 2020
Latest Update: July 22, 2020
There have been 57,687 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 165,301 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 | 57,687 | 2,736 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 42,430 | 2,065 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 165,301 | 7,347 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 3,882,167 | 141,677 |
| World (WHO) | 14,765,256 | 612,054 |
| 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 | 2,736 | 100% | 4.7% | 101.1 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 20 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 3.6 |
| 30-39 | 66 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 14.5 |
| 40-49 | 146 | 5.3% | 1.4% | 43.4 |
| 50-59 | 303 | 11.1% | 3.2% | 96.8 |
| 60-69 | 601 | 22.0% | 8.9% | 228.5 |
| 70+ | 1,598 | 58.4% | 24.5% | 679.1 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,127 | 41.2% | 3.9% | 81.3 |
| Male | 1,609 | 58.8% | 5.8% | 121.9 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 888 | 32.6% | 4.1% | 114.3 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,175 | 43.1% | 8.5% | 149.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 521 | 19.1% | 7.4% | 57.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 120 | 4.4% | 9.6% | 66.7 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 20 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 16.7 |
| Under investigation | 12 | 0.4% | 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 | 57,687 | 100% | 2,131.8 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 3,019 | 5.2% | 549.9 |
| 18-29 | 11,319 | 19.6% | 2,047.1 |
| 30-39 | 10,340 | 17.9% | 2,265.9 |
| 40-49 | 10,251 | 17.8% | 3,046.7 |
| 50-59 | 9,494 | 16.5% | 3,033.6 |
| 60-69 | 6,721 | 11.7% | 2,555.6 |
| 70+ | 6,529 | 11.3% | 2,774.5 |
| Under investigation | 14 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 28,840 | 50.0% | 2,080.6 |
| Male | 27,867 | 48.3% | 2,111.3 |
| Under investigation | 980 | 1.7% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 21,703 | 47.0% | 2,794.4 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 13,843 | 30.0% | 1,765.1 |
| White, non-Latinx | 7,046 | 15.2% | 782.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,250 | 2.7% | 695.1 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 2,364 | 5.1% | 1,978.8 |
| Under investigation | 11,481 | 19.9% | - |
| 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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