Report Date: September 28, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 79,743 2,956
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 64,550 2,261
Illinois (IDPH) 289,639 8,614
U.S. (CDC) 7,095,422 204,328
World (WHO) 33,034,598 996,342
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 2,956 100% 3.7% 109.2
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.4
18-29 23 0.8% 0.1% 4.2
30-39 75 2.5% 0.5% 16.4
40-49 162 5.5% 1.2% 48.1
50-59 333 11.2% 2.8% 106.4
60-69 644 21.8% 7.7% 244.9
70+ 1,717 58.1% 22.6% 729.6
Gender 
Female 1,221 41.3% 3.0% 88.1
Male 1,735 58.7% 4.5% 131.5
Under investigation 0 0% 0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 978 33.2% 3.1% 125.9
Black, non-Latinx 1,254 42.6% 7.1% 159.9
White, non-Latinx 566 19.2% 4.9% 62.9
Asian, non-Latinx 125 4.2% 7.5% 69.5
Other, non-Latinx 22 0.8% 0.7% 18.4
Under investigation 11 0.4% 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 79,743 100% 2,946.9
Age
0-17 5,695 7.0% 1,037.3
18-29 17,746 22.3% 3,209.4
30-39 14,793 18.6% 3,241.8
40-49 13,480 16.9% 4,006.5
50-59 12,081 15.1% 3,860.2
60-69 8,329 10.5% 3,167.0
70+ 7,608 9.5% 3,233.0
Under investigation 11 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 40,222 50.4% 2,901.8
Male 38,419 48.2% 2,910.8
Under investigation 1,102 1.4% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 31,203 47.9% 4,017.6
Black, non-Latinx 17,559 27.0% 2,238.9
White, non-Latinx 11,596 17.8% 1,288.5
Asian, non-Latinx 1,677 2.6% 932.5
Other, non-Latinx 3,107 4.7% 2,600.7
Under investigation 14,601 18.3% -
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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