Latest numbers on coronavirus outbreaks at residential facilities in St. Clair County
The St. Clair County Health Department on Saturday announced that four more people connected to Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville are suspected of having COVID-19.
An outbreak of the coronavirus at Knollwood was first announced Thursday with two people possibly infected. On Saturday, the number grew to six.
The St. Clair County Health Department provides daily updates on the coronavirus outbreaks and other developments in the county during 3:30 p.m. live streams by the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency on Facebook.
Here is the information the health department provided Saturday 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 since it is offering widespread testing):
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 103 people, including 17 deaths (No change reported since Friday)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 51 people, including nine deaths (No change reported since Friday)
- 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 May 10)
- 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 - Seven people (No change reported since Friday)
Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville — Six people (Four more people than what was reported Friday)
Help at Home in O’Fallon — Five people (No change reported since May 4)
- 94-bed facility 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 of the facilities, according to the health department.
The St. Clair County Health Department notes that the numbers it reports out of residential facilities also include both people who have tested positive and people who have symptoms related to the COVID-19 respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
