Report Date: August 31, 2020

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.
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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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