144 deaths from coronavirus outbreaks at southwestern Illinois long-term care centers
As of Friday, 144 people connected to southwestern Illinois long-term care centers had died from illness related to the coronavirus.
The St. Clair County Health Department and Illinois Department of Public Health each released information Friday on the number of people affected by coronavirus outbreaks at those facilities.
St. Clair County provides provides daily updates, but the state’s data is only updated on Fridays, when the full picture of the coronavirus’ effect on long-term care centers in the region is available.
In a week’s time, the agencies recorded 14 more deaths. The total Friday, 144, was up from 130 on May 29.
The state added three new locations where the coronavirus has spread: Highland Care Center, Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo and Cedarhurst of Godfrey. A total of 34 facilities across southwestern Illinois have now reported outbreaks. Of those, 15 facilities have also reported deaths.
All but one of Clinton County’s coronavirus deaths, or 94%, were people connected to long-term care centers, including at least one nurse. Most of Madison County’s deaths, about 85%, were also from residential facilities.
St. Clair County has reported five additional deaths from long-term care centers since Friday. About 61% of the people who died in St. Clair County were from nursing homes or group homes.
Here is the information on the number of people affected by coronavirus outbreaks at long-term care centers that the St. Clair County Health Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health released June 5:
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 104 people, including 25 deaths (One death added since June 5)
120-bed facility Edwardsville Care Center — 93 people, including 22 deaths (No change reported since May 29)
109-bed facility Carlyle HealthCare Center — 85 people, including 15 deaths (No change reported since May 29)
128-bed facility Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon — 67 people, including 19 deaths (Seven more people and one more death than what was reported May 29)
Warren G Murray Developmental Center — 59 people (No change reported since May 29)
90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 54 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since June 1)
53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 51 people, including three deaths (One person and one death added since June 5)
82-bed facility Memorial Care Center in Belleville — 43 people, including five deaths (One person added since June 5)
108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 42 people, including 11 deaths (Two deaths added since June 5)
140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 42 people, including four deaths (Four people added since June 5)
Garden Place Columbia — 39 people, including 11 deaths (No change reported since May 15. Garden Place was not included in the state’s May 22 update.)
137-bed facility Riverside Rehab and Healthcare in Alton — 33 people, including 14 deaths (Five more people and seven more deaths than what was reported May 29)
Clinton Manor Living Facility in Clinton County — 29 people, including one death (No change reported since May 29)
94-bed facility Swansea Rehab and Care Center — 23 people, including two deaths (Two people and one death added since June 5)
116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 16 people, including one death (One person added since June 5)
Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville region — 12 people (No change reported since June 5)
Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 12 people (No change reported since June 5)
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)
Cedarhurst of Godfrey — Seven people (Newly reported on June 5)
Cedarhurst of Bethalto — Five people (One more person than what was reported May 29)
Help at Home in O’Fallon — Five people (No change reported since May 4)
Heritage Health in Macoupin County — Four people (No change reported since May 15. Heritage Health was not included in the state’s May 22 update.)
Cedarhurst of Highland — Four people (No change reported since May 29)
Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo — Four people (Newly reported on June 5)
Colonnade Senior Living in O’Fallon — Four people (One person added since June 5)
TDL Inc. in Belleville — Four people (No change reported since May 6)
144-bed facility Oak Hill in Waterloo — Three people (No change reported since May 1)
Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — Three people (No change reported since May 28)
Sunset Skilled Nursing & Rehab in Macoupin County — Two people (No change reported since May 22)
Highland Care Center — Two people (Newly reported on June 5)
Cedarhurst of Sparta — Two people (No change reported since May 1)
75-bed facility Coulterville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center — Two people (No change reported since May 1) Whitney Oberlink, administrator of the Coulterville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, said previously that the two people affected by COVID-19 there were both employees and that they have each recovered from the disease.
Help at Home in Belleville — Two people (No change reported since May 23)
Both state and local agencies say they include residents and employees of the facilities in their data on outbreaks.
The St. Clair County Health Department notes that the numbers it reports out of residential facilities also include people who have tested positive and people who have symptoms related to the COVID-19 respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. The Illinois Department of Public Health says its data includes “laboratory confirmed cases only.”
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. The state’s updates on outbreaks come once a week at dph.illinois.gov/covid19/long-term-care-facility-outbreaks-covid-19.
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
