Belleville long-term care center ravaged by coronavirus reports two new cases
The St. Clair County Health Department on Monday announced that two more people connected to Four Fountains in Belleville have been diagnosed with the COVID-19 respiratory disease.
To date, 105 people who live or work at Four Fountains have tested positive since a coronavirus outbreak started there. Seventeen people have died.
The St. Clair County Health Department provides daily updates on outbreaks at long-term care centers and group homes, along with other developments in the county, during 3:30 p.m. live streams by the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency on Facebook.
Health officials note that the numbers it reports out of residential facilities include both people who have tested positive and people who have symptoms related to the COVID-19 respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.
Four Fountains Administrator Christy Warcup said previously that the facility only reports positive test results to the health department since it offers widespread testing.
There was no change reported in the numbers out of any facility on Sunday. The only facility with an increase on Saturday was Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville, with four more possible COVID-19 cases, bringing the total there to six.
Here is the information the health department provided Monday on the number of people known or suspected to have COVID-19, either because of a test result or their symptoms:
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 105 people, including 17 deaths (Two more people than what was reported Sunday)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 51 people, including nine deaths (No change reported since May 15)
- 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 May 11)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — Eight people (No change reported since May 11)
- Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville - Seven people (No change reported since Friday)
Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville — Six people (No change reported since Saturday)
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 May 12)
- 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 website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
This story was originally published May 18, 2020 at 5:45 PM.
