Report Date: August 27, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 69,793 2,863
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 53,876 2,176
Illinois (IDPH) 227,334 7,977
U.S. (CDC) 5,799,046 178,998
World (WHO) 24,012,218 821,462
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 2,863 100% 4.1% 105.8
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.4
18-29 23 0.8% 0.2% 4.2
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 21.9% 8.2% 238.4
70+ 1,665 58.1% 23.3% 707.5
Gender 
Female 1,180 41.2% 3.4% 85.1
Male 1,683 58.8% 5.0% 127.5
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 933 32.7% 3.5% 120.1
Black, non-Latinx 1,228 43.1% 7.6% 156.6
White, non-Latinx 546 19.2% 5.8% 60.7
Asian, non-Latinx 123 4.3% 8.2% 68.4
Other, non-Latinx 20 0.7% 0.7% 16.7
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 69,793 100% 2,579.2
Age
0-17  4,470 6.4% 814.2
18-29 14,797 21.2% 2,676.0
30-39 12,760 18.3% 2,796.1
40-49 12,042 17.3% 3,578.8
50-59 10,946 15.7% 3,497.2
60-69 7,614 10.9% 2,894.9
70+ 7,152 10.2% 3,038.9
Under investigation 12 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 35,095 50.3% 2,531.9
Male 33,642 48.2% 2,548.8
Under investigation 1,056 1.5% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 26,903 47.3% 3,463.8
Black, non-Latinx 16,259 28.6% 2,073.1
White, non-Latinx 9,462 16.6% 1,051.3
Asian, non-Latinx 1,487 2.6% 826.7
Other, non-Latinx 2,803 4.9% 2,345.7
Under investigation 12,879 18.5% -
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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