Report Date: August 24, 2020

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.
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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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