68 cases, 9 deaths from St. Clair County centers with coronavirus outbreaks since Friday
The St. Clair County Health Department has reported 68 additional people affected by coronavirus outbreaks inside residential care facilities and nine more deaths since Friday.
Health officials reported 29 more people have either tested positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms of the respiratory disease at New Athens Home for the Aged, which is five times what was reported last week.
The first death connected to the New Athens facility’s outbreak was reported Sunday by the health department.
An outbreak at St. Paul’s Home in Belleville has also grown with 21 more possible COVID-19 patients and five more deaths since Friday.
A total of 49 deaths have now been connected to these outbreaks, which is 59% of the 83 coronavirus-related deaths countywide.
The health department is reporting two new facilities with outbreaks; Help at Home in Belleville was added to the list Saturday, and Cedarhurst of Shiloh was added Sunday.
Health officials say they include residents and employees of the facilities in their data on outbreaks and both people who had a positive test result and those with symptoms related to COVID-19.
The 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 Tuesday on the number of people known or suspected to have COVID-19. Four Fountains in Belleville reports only positive test results since it is offering widespread testing:
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 104 people, including 20 deaths (No change reported since May 21)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 52 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since Sunday)
- 82-bed facility Memorial Care Center in Belleville — 43 people, including five deaths (No change reported since April 29)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 37 people, including nine deaths (No change reported since Sunday)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 36 people, including one death (Two more people than what was reported Monday)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 24 people, including three deaths (One more death than what was reported Monday)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 11 people (No change reported since Sunday)
- Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville region — 11 people (No change reported since May 21)
- Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville — Eight people, including one death (No change reported since Monday)
- 94-bed facility Swansea Rehab and Care Center — Eight people (Two more people than what was reported Monday)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — Eight people (No change reported since May 11)
- Help at Home in O’Fallon — Five people (No change reported since May 4)
- Colonnade Senior Living in O’Fallon — Four people (No change reported since May 20)
- TDL Inc. in Belleville — Four people (No change reported since May 6)
- Help at Home in Belleville — Two people (No change reported since Saturday)
The health department reported the following increases in the number of new people affected by the outbreaks and new deaths connected to the facilities over the holiday weekend:
- St. Paul’s Home — 20 more people and five more deaths announced Saturday. One more person announced Sunday.
- Lebanon Care Center — One more person and one more death announced Sunday.
- New Athens Home for the Aged — 27 more people and one more death announced Sunday.
- BRIA of Belleville — One more person announced Sunday.
- Knollwood Retirement Center — One more death announced Sunday. One more person announced Monday.
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
