Report Date: October 27, 2020

COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality by Geography

GEOGRAPHY CASES1 DEATHS
Chicago 94,599 3,038
Suburban Cook County (IDPH) 81,791 2,387
Illinois (IDPH) 382,985 9,568
U.S. (CDC) 8,680,611 225,379
World (WHO) 43,341,451 1,157,509
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 3,038 100% 3.2% 112.3
Age
0-17 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.4
18-29 23 0.8% 0.1% 4.2
30-39 76 2.5% 0.4% 16.7
40-49 172 5.7% 1.1% 51.1
50-59 341 11.2% 2.4% 109.0
60-69 663 21.7% 7.0% 252.1
70+ 1,761 58.0% 21.0% 748.3
Gender 
Female 1,255 41.3% 2.6% 90.5
Male 1,783 58.7% 3.9% 135.1
Under investigation 0 0.0% 0.0% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 1,004 33.2% 2.7% 129.3
Black, non-Latinx 1,285 42.5% 6.5% 163.8
White, non-Latinx 587 19.4% 4.0% 65.2
Asian, non-Latinx 128 4.2% 6.4% 71.2
Other, non-Latinx 23 0.7% 0.6% 19.3
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 94,599 100% 3,495.9
Age
0-17 7,322 7.7% 1,333.7
18-29 21,791 23.0% 3,941.0
30-39 17,934 10.0% 3,930.1
40-49 15,750 16.6% 4,681.1
50-59 13,948 14.7% 4,456.7
60-69 9,443 10.1% 3,590.6
70+ 8,403 8.9% 3,570.9
Under investigation 8 0.0% -
Gender 
Female 47,763 50.5% 3,445.8
Male 45,727 48.3% 3,464.5
Under investigation 1,109 1.2% -
Race-ethnicity2
Latinx 36,542 47.6% 4,705.0
Black, non-Latinx 19,696 25.7% 2,511.4
White, non-Latinx 14,805 19.3% 1,645.0
Asian, non-Latinx 1,991 2.6% 1,107.1
Other, non-Latinx 3,736 4.8% 3,127.2
Under investigation 17,829 18.9% -
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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