Report Date: September 24, 2020
Latest Update: September 24 2020
There have been 78,306 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 281,371 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 | 78,306 | 2,940 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 63,085 | 2,243 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 281,371 | 8,538 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 6,916,292 | 201,411 |
| World (WHO) | 31,664,104 | 972,221 |
| 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 | 2,940 | 100% | 3.8% | 108.6 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 74 | 2.5% | 0.5% | 16.2 |
| 40-49 | 162 | 5.5% | 1.2% | 48.1 |
| 50-59 | 329 | 11.2% | 2.8% | 105.1 |
| 60-69 | 641 | 21.8% | 7.8% | 243.7 |
| 70+ | 1,709 | 58.1% | 22.6% | 726.2 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,215 | 41.3% | 3.1% | 87.7 |
| Male | 1,725 | 58.7% | 4.6% | 130.7 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 971 | 33.1% | 3.2% | 125.0 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,249 | 42.6% | 7.2% | 159.3 |
| White, non-Latinx | 564 | 19.2% | 5.0% | 62.7 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 124 | 4.2% | 7.5% | 68.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 22 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 18.4 |
| Under investigation | 10 | 0.3% | 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 | 78,306 | 100% | 2,893.8 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 5,518 | 7.0% | 1005.1 |
| 18-29 | 17,331 | 22.1% | 3,134.4 |
| 30-39 | 14,482 | 18.5% | 3,173.6 |
| 40-49 | 13,258 | 16.9% | 3,940.5 |
| 50-59 | 11,931 | 15.2% | 3,812.2 |
| 60-69 | 8,223 | 10.6% | 3,126.7 |
| 70+ | 7,551 | 9.7% | 3,208.8 |
| Under investigation | 12 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 39,507 | 50.5% | 2,850.2 |
| Male | 37,713 | 48.2% | 2,857.3 |
| Under investigation | 1,086 | 1.4% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 30,586 | 47.8% | 3,938.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 17,401 | 27.2% | 2,218.8 |
| White, non-Latinx | 11,267 | 17.6% | 1,251.9 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,649 | 2.6% | 916.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,064 | 4.8% | 2,564.7 |
| Under investigation | 14,339 | 18.3% | - |
| 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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