Another St. Clair County residential facility has coronavirus outbreak, officials say
Another long-term care facility in St. Clair County is experiencing a coronavirus outbreak, the health department said Thursday.
The St. Clair County Health Department announced two possible COVID-19 patients at Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville. The addition of Knollwood brings the number of residential facilities in the county with outbreaks to 12.
Health officials provide updates on those outbreaks daily during 3:30 p.m. live streams by the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency on Facebook.
Here is the latest information the St. Clair County Health Department provided Thursday on the number of people known or suspected to have COVID-19, either because of a test result or their symptoms (except for Four Fountains, which is only reporting positive test results):
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville - 103 people, including 16 deaths (No change reported since Tuesday)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center - 51 people, including eight deaths (No change reported since Wednesday)
- 82-bed facility Memorial Care Center in Belleville - 43 people, including five deaths (No change reported since April 29)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville - 23 people, including two deaths (No change reported since Sunday)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville - 10 people, including three deaths (No change reported since Monday)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia - Eight people (No change reported since Monday)
- Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville - Six people (No change reported since May 4)
- Help at Home in O’Fallon - Five people (No change reported since May 4)
- Swansea Rehab and Care Center - Four people (No change reported since Tuesday)
- TDL, Inc. in Belleville - Four people (No change reported since May 6)
- Colonnade Senior Living in O’Fallon - Three people (No change reported since May 3)
The numbers could include residents or employees, according to the health department.
The health department notes in its updates each day that the numbers out of long-term care or congregate facilities could also include people who have tested positive or people who have COVID-19 like symptoms.
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
This story was originally published May 14, 2020 at 4:37 PM.
