24 more people possibly infected by coronavirus at St. Clair County long-term care centers
The St. Clair County Health Department on Tuesday announced an additional 24 people connected to residential facilities may have been infected by the coronavirus, and two more people have died.
County officials said the increase in new diagnoses across St. Clair County, 42 since Monday, was because of an increase in coronavirus testing. But it is not clear if the numbers out of long-term care centers also increased because of testing.
The health department includes both residents and staff with positive test results and those who have symptoms of the respiratory disease in its data on coronavirus outbreaks at long-term care centers. St. Clair County is working to ramp up testing at the facilities.
A representative from the health department could not immediately be reached for comment about the reason for the increase.
A total of 407 people who live in or work at long-term care centers in the county have now either been diagnosed with COVID-19 or have symptoms. Sixty of them have died, accounting for 61% of the 98 coronavirus deaths countywide.
Health officials reported the first death out of Cedar Ridge of Lebanon on Tuesday. Another person from Four Fountains in Belleville has also died, bringing the total deaths there to 24.
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 24 deaths (One more death than what was reported Monday)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 54 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since Monday)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 44 people, including three deaths (Three more people than what was reported Monday)
- 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 — 40 people, including 11 deaths (No change reported since Friday)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 39 people, including three deaths (13 more people than what was reported Monday)
- 94-bed facility Swansea Rehab and Care Center — 15 people, including two deaths (One more person than what was reported Monday)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 12 people, including one death (Seven more people and one more death than what was reported Monday)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 11 people (No change reported since May 24)
- 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 May 25)
- 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)
- Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — Three people (No change reported since May 28)
- Help at Home in Belleville — Two people (No change reported since May 23)
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
