Report Date: August 24, 2020
Latest Update: August 24, 2020
There have been 69,039 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 221,790 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 | 69,039 | 2,855 |
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 52,855 | 2,160 |
Illinois (IDPH) | 221,790 | 7,888 |
U.S. (CDC) | 5,682,491 | 176,223 |
World (WHO) | 23,311,719 | 806,410 |
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 | 2,855 | 100% | 4.1% | 105.5 |
Age | ||||
0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
18-29 | 22 | 0.8% | 0.2% | 4.0 |
30-39 | 69 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 15.1 |
40-49 | 160 | 5.6% | 1.3% | 47.6 |
50-59 | 317 | 11.1% | 2.9% | 101.3 |
60-69 | 627 | 22.0% | 8.3% | 238.4 |
70+ | 1,658 | 58.0% | 23.4% | 704.5 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 1,178 | 41.3% | 3.4% | 85.0 |
Male | 1,677 | 58.7% | 5.0% | 127.1 |
Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
Latinx | 932 | 32.8% | 3.5% | 120.0 |
Black, non-Latinx | 1,220 | 42.9% | 7.6% | 155.6 |
White, non-Latinx | 547 | 19.2% | 5.9% | 60.8 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 122 | 4.3% | 8.3% | 67.8 |
Other, non-Latinx | 21 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 17.6 |
Under investigation | 13 | 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 | 69,039 | 100% | 2,551.3 |
Age | |||
0-17 | 4,388 | 6.2% | 799.2 |
18-29 | 14,589 | 21.1% | 2,638.4 |
30-39 | 12,639 | 18.3% | 2,769.6 |
40-49 | 11,927 | 17.3% | 3,544.6 |
50-59 | 10,844 | 15.7% | 3,464.7 |
60-69 | 7,542 | 10.9% | 2,867.5 |
70+ | 7,099 | 10.3% | 3,016.4 |
Under investigation | 11 | 0.0% | - |
Gender | |||
Female | 34,722 | 50.3% | 2,504.9 |
Male | 33,274 | 48.2% | 2,521.0 |
Under investigation | 1,043 | 1.5% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | |||
Latinx | 26,550 | 47.3% | 3,418.4 |
Black, non-Latinx | 16,101 | 28.7% | 2,052.9 |
White, non-Latinx | 9,293 | 16.5% | 1,032.6 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 1,472 | 2.6% | 818.4 |
Other, non-Latinx | 2,773 | 4.9% | 2,320.7 |
Under investigation | 12,850 | 18.6% | - |
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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