Report Date: September 14, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 75,389 2,915
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 59,865 2,218
Illinois (IDPH) 262,744 8,314
U.S. (CDC) 6,503,030 193,705
World (WHO) 28,918,900 922,252
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 2,915 100% 3.9% 107.7
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.4
18-29 23 0.8% 0.1% 4.2
30-39 73 2.4% 0.5% 16.0
40-49 162 5.6% 1.3% 48.1
50-59 327 11.2% 2.8% 104.5
60-69 637 21.9% 8.0% 242.2
70+ 1,691 58.0% 22.8% 718.6
Gender 
Female 1,203 41.3% 3.2% 86.8
Male 1,712 58.7% 4.7% 129.7
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 958 33.0% 3.3% 123.3
Black, non-Latinx 1,240 42.8% 7.3% 158.1
White, non-Latinx 555 19.1% 5.3% 61.7
Asian, non-Latinx 124 4.3% 7.8% 68.9
Other, non-Latinx 23 0.8% 0.8% 19.3
Under investigation 15 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 75,389 100% 2,786.0
Age
0-17 5,164 6.8% 940.6
18-29 16,502 21.9% 2,984.4
30-39 13,862 18.4% 3,037.8
40-49 12,853 17.1% 3,820.1
50-59 11,585 15.4% 3,701.7
60-69 8,007 10.6% 3,044.6
70+ 7,404 9.8% 3,146.4
Under investigation 12 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 38,007 50.4% 2,742.0
Male 36,308 48.2% 2,750.9
Under investigation 1,074 1.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 29,320 47.7% 3,775.1
Black, non-Latinx 17,018 27.7% 2,169.9
White, non-Latinx 10,580 17.2% 1,175.6
Asian, non-Latinx 1,592 2.6% 885.2
Other, non-Latinx 2,959 4.8% 2,476.8
Under investigation 13,920 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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