161 deaths from coronavirus outbreaks at southwestern Illinois long-term care centers
At least 161 people connected to southwestern Illinois long-term care centers have died from illness related to the coronavirus to date.
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 daily updates, but the state’s data is only updated on Fridays, when a more complete picture of the coronavirus’ effect on long-term care centers in the region becomes available.
Based on the state’s update, all of the coronavirus deaths in Clinton County have been people who live in or work at a long-term care center.
No new deaths were reported out of long-term care centers in Madison County since the previous week. Deaths from those facilities still account for 85% of Madison County’s total coronavirus deaths.
In St. Clair County, 63% of deaths from the virus are people connected to long-term care centers.
In a week’s time, the state and St. Clair County Health Department recorded 16 more deaths. The total Friday, 161, was up from 145 on June 5. The Belleville News-Democrat has updated the total from June 5 to reflect an additional death from BRIA of Cahokia that was not reported by the St. Clair County Health Department until this week.
The death from BRIA of Cahokia was first recorded in the state’s data May 15. The health department’s daily report only started catching up on Thursday.
BRIA of Cahokia is in the East Side Health District rather than the St. Clair County Health Department’s jurisdiction. So while the health department has said in county briefings that it calls each long-term care center daily for updates, that did not include BRIA of Cahokia, health officials recently confirmed.
Instead, BRIA of Cahokia reports its numbers to East Side, which covers Canteen Township, Centreville Township, East St. Louis Township and Stites Township.
The St. Clair County Health Department has started updating numbers for BRIA of Cahokia based on the state’s data, which is submitted by the East Side Health District.
On Friday, the state’s update included two new locations where the coronavirus has spread: University Care Center in Madison County and Villa Catherine in Clinton County. A total of 37 long-term care centers across southwestern Illinois have now reported outbreaks. Of those, 16 facilities have also reported deaths.
Here is the information on the number of people infected with the coronavirus at long-term care centers that the St. Clair County Health Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health released Friday:
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 104 people, including 27 deaths (One more death than what was reported Thursday)
- 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 — 55 people, including six deaths (Two more people and one more death than what was reported Thursday)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 51 people, including three deaths (Two more people and one more death than what was reported Thursday)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 48 people, including six deaths (One more person and one more death than what was reported Thursday)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 44 people, including 14 deaths (Two more people than what was reported Thursday)
- 82-bed facility Memorial Care Center in Belleville — 44 people, including five deaths (No change reported since June 8)
- 94-bed facility Swansea Rehab and Care Center — 28 people, including four deaths (No change reported since Thursday)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 23 people, including two deaths (Two more people and one more death than what was reported 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)
- Colonnade Senior Living in O’Fallon — Six people (One more person than what was reported Thursday)
- Help at Home in O’Fallon — Five people (No change reported since May 4)
- TDL Inc. in Belleville — Four people (No change reported since May 6)
- Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — Three people (No change reported since May 28)
- Atrium of Belleville — Two people (No change reported since June 8) Roberto Roma, the Atrium of Belleville’s executive director, said previously that the two people affected by COVID-19 were an employee who quarantined and a resident who moved out of the facility in March.
- Help at Home in Belleville — Two people (No change reported since May 23)
MADISON COUNTY
- 120-bed facility Edwardsville Care Center — 94 people, including 22 deaths (One more person than what was reported June 5)
- 128-bed facility Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon — 68 people, including 19 deaths (One more person than what was reported June 5)
- 137-bed facility Riverside Rehab and Healthcare in Alton — 49 people, including 14 deaths (16 more people than what was reported June 5)
- Cedarhurst of Godfrey — Seven people (No change reported since June 5)
- Cedarhurst of Bethalto — Seven people (Two more people than what was reported June 5)
- Cedarhurst of Highland — Four people (No change reported since May 29)
- University Care Center — Two people (Newly reported June 12)
- Highland Healthcare — Two people (No change reported since June 5)
CLINTON COUNTY
- 109-bed facility Carlyle HealthCare Center — 85 people, including 16 deaths (One more death than what was reported June 5)
- Warren G Murray Developmental Center — 61 people (Two more people than what was reported June 5)
- Clinton Manor Living Facility in Clinton County — 29 people, including one death (No change reported since May 29)
- Villa Catherine — Four people (Newly reported June 12)
MONROE COUNTY
- Garden Place Columbia — 39 people, including 11 deaths (No change reported since May 15)
- Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo — Four people (No change reported since June 5)
- 144-bed facility Oak Hill in Waterloo — Three people (No change reported since May 1)
MACOUPIN COUNTY
- Heritage Health — Four people (No change reported since May 15)
- Sunset Skilled Nursing & Rehab — Two people (No change reported since May 22)
RANDOLPH COUNTY
- 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.
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 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.
Data discrepancy
The Illinois Department of Public Health recorded two more deaths out of Lebanon Care Center on its website than the St. Clair County Health Department reported Friday.
The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear Friday evening when the website updated; the health department could not be reached for comment.
Because local health departments and individual facilities have previously said the state’s data was off, the BND did not include the higher number for Lebanon Care Center in calculating the total deaths for the region.
When the state first released data on April 19, for example, it recorded 54 coronavirus cases at Memorial Care Center in Belleville, while the center itself said there were 13 at the time. And 54 is still a higher number than Memorial Care Center is reporting today.
This story was originally published June 13, 2020 at 5:00 AM.
