Report Date: September 29, 2020
Latest Update: September 29, 2020
There have been 79,924 cases of COVID-19 identified in Chicago residents so far and 291,001 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 | 79,924 | 2,959 |
| Suburban Cook County (IDPH) | 64,758 | 2,262 |
| Illinois (IDPH) | 291,001 | 8,637 |
| U.S. (CDC) | 7,129,313 | 204,598 |
| World (WHO) | 33,249,563 | 1,000,040 |
| 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 | 2,959 | 100% | 3.7% | 109.4 |
| Age | ||||
| 0-17 | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4 |
| 18-29 | 23 | 0.7% | 0.1% | 4.2 |
| 30-39 | 76 | 2.5% | 0.5% | 16.7 |
| 40-49 | 162 | 5.5% | 1.2% | 48.1 |
| 50-59 | 333 | 11.3% | 2.8% | 106.4 |
| 60-69 | 644 | 21.8% | 7.7% | 244.9 |
| 70+ | 1,719 | 58.1% | 22.6% | 730.5 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 1,223 | 41.3% | 3.0% | 88.2 |
| Male | 1,735 | 58.7% | 4.5% | 131.5 |
| Under investigation | 0 | 0% | 0% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | ||||
| Latinx | 979 | 33.2% | 3.1% | 126.1 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 1,256 | 42.6% | 7.1% | 160.1 |
| White, non-Latinx | 568 | 19.3% | 4.9% | 63.1 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 124 | 4.2% | 7.4% | 68.9 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 22 | 0.7% | 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 | 79,924 | 100% | 2,953.6 |
| Age | |||
| 0-17 | 5,708 | 7.1% | 1,039.7 |
| 18-29 | 17,804 | 22.3% | 3,219.9 |
| 30-39 | 14,825 | 18.5% | 3,248.8 |
| 40-49 | 13,503 | 16.9% | 4,013.3 |
| 50-59 | 12,109 | 15.2% | 3,869.1 |
| 60-69 | 8,345 | 10.5% | 3,173.1 |
| 70+ | 7,620 | 9.5% | 3,238.1 |
| Under investigation | 10 | 0.0% | - |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 40,313 | 50.4% | 2,908.3 |
| Male | 38,509 | 48.2% | 2,917.6 |
| Under investigation | 1,102 | 1.4% | - |
| Race-ethnicity2 | |||
| Latinx | 31,270 | 47.9% | 4,026.2 |
| Black, non-Latinx | 17,593 | 26.9% | 2,243.2 |
| White, non-Latinx | 11,643 | 17.8% | 1,293.7 |
| Asian, non-Latinx | 1,682 | 2.6% | 935.3 |
| Other, non-Latinx | 3,122 | 4.8% | 2,613.3 |
| Under investigation | 14,614 | 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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