Report Date: September 28, 2020
Latest Update: September 28, 2020
There have been 79,743 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 289,639 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 | 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. |
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