4 more deaths from coronavirus outbreaks at St. Clair County residential care facilities
The St. Clair County Health Department on Wednesday announced four more deaths have been connected to coronavirus outbreaks at residential care facilities in the county.
Three of the deaths were from Four Fountains in Belleville. St. Paul’s Home in Belleville had one new death.
There have now been a total of 53 deaths from outbreaks at seven St. Clair County facilities, which is 60% of the 88 coronavirus-related deaths countywide.
Health officials also announced Wednesday that a new location, Cedar Ridge of Lebanon, is reporting an outbreak.
The health department says 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 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 St. Clair County Health Department provided Wednesday 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 23 deaths (Three more deaths than what was reported Tuesday)
- 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 10 deaths (One more death than what was reported Tuesday)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 36 people, including one death (No change reported since Tuesday)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 24 people, including three deaths (No change reported since Tuesday)
- 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 (No change reported since Tuesday)
- 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)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — Four people (Newly reported)
- 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 website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
