Report Date: August 31, 2020
Latest Update: August 31, 2020
There have been 71,285 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 235,023 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 | 71,285 | 2,877 |
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 55,292 | 2,181 |
Illinois (IDPH) | 235,023 | 8,026 |
U.S. (CDC) | 5,972,356 | 182,622 |
World (WHO) | 25,118,689 | 844,312 |
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 | 2,877 | 100% | 4.0% | 106.3 |
Age | ||||
0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.2% | 4.2 |
30-39 | 70 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 15.3 |
40-49 | 160 | 5.6% | 1.3% | 47.6 |
50-59 | 319 | 11.1% | 2.9% | 101.9 |
60-69 | 630 | 21.8% | 8.2% | 239.6 |
70+ | 1,673 | 58.2% | 23.2% | 710.9 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 1,189 | 41.3% | 3.3% | 85.8 |
Male | 1,688 | 58.7% | 4.9% | 127.8 |
Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
Latinx | 934 | 32.6% | 3.4% | 120.3 |
Black, non-Latinx | 1,234 | 43.1% | 7.5% | 157.3 |
White, non-Latinx | 553 | 19.3% | 5.7% | 61.4 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 123 | 4.3% | 8.1% | 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 | 71,285 | 100% | 2,634.3 |
Age | |||
0-17 | 4,703 | 6.6% | 856.7 |
18-29 | 15,236 | 21.4% | 2,755.5 |
30-39 | 13,046 | 18.3% | 2,859.0 |
40-49 | 12,265 | 17.2% | 3,645.3 |
50-59 | 11,110 | 15.6% | 3,549.9 |
60-69 | 7,697 | 10.8% | 2,926.7 |
70+ | 7,212 | 10.1% | 3,064.8 |
Under investigation | 16 | 0.0% | - |
Gender | |||
Female | 35,853 | 50.3% | 2,586.6 |
Male | 34,369 | 48.2% | 2,604.0 |
Under investigation | 1,063 | 1.5% | - |
Race-ethnicity2 | |||
Latinx | 27,633 | 47.5% | 3,557.9 |
Black, non-Latinx | 16,451 | 28.3% | 2,097.6 |
White, non-Latinx | 9,687 | 16.7% | 1,076.4 |
Asian, non-Latinx | 1,510 | 2.6% | 839.6 |
Other, non-Latinx | 2,873 | 4.9% | 2,404.8 |
Under investigation | 13,131 | 18.4% | - |
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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COVID-19 Research Articles Authored by members of the Chicago Department of Public Health