Report Date: August 14, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 65,481 2,822
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 49,240 2,129
Illinois (IDPH) 202,691 7,721
U.S. (CDC) 5,228,817 166,317
World (WHO) 20,730,456 751,154
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 2,822 100% 4.3% 104.3
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.1% 0.4
18-29 21 0.7% 0.2% 3.8
30-39 68 2.4% 0.6% 14.9
40-49 154 5.5% 1.4% 45.8
50-59 314 11.1% 3.0% 100.3
60-69 618 21.9% 8.5% 235.0
70+ 1,645 58.3% 23.7% 699.0
Gender 
Female 1,165 41.3% 3.5% 84.0
Male 1,657 58.7% 5.2% 125.5
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 933 32.8% 3.7% 118.8
Black, non-Latinx 1,206 42.9% 7.8% 153.8
White, non-Latinx 537 19.1% 6.3% 59.7
Asian, non-Latinx 122 4.3% 8.6% 67.8
Other, non-Latinx 22 0.9% 0.8% 18.4
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 65,481 100% 2,419.8
Age
0-17 3,948 6.0% 719.1
18-29 13,566 20.7% 2,453.4
30-39 11,944 18.3% 2,617.4
40-49 11,407 17.4% 3,390.2
50-59 10,381 15.9% 3,316.8
60-69 7,291 11.1% 2,772.2
70+ 6,932 10.6% 2,945.6
Under investigation 12 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 32,877 50.2% 2,371.9
Male 31,579 48.2% 2,392.5
Under investigation 1,025 1.6% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 24,998 47.1% 3,218.6
Black, non-Latinx 15,502 29.3% 1,976.6
White, non-Latinx 8,477 16.0% 941.9
Asian, non-Latinx 1,411 2.7% 784.5
Other, non-Latinx 2,634 5.0% 2,204.5
Under investigation 12,459 19.0% -
2Race-ethnicity percentage is calculated among those with known race-ethnicity as reported by the medical provider.
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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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