St. Clair County care centers reporting smaller increases in coronavirus cases, deaths
This week, the St. Clair County Health Department has announced increases in COVID-19 cases or deaths at just five of the 19 long-term care centers in the county that have reported coronavirus outbreaks.
On Monday, there were no new cases of the COVID-19 respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus for the first time since May 31.
The health department said Thursday that Cedar Ridge of Lebanon was the only facility with an increase: one new case. The smaller numbers from Cedar Ridge come a week after it reported its largest rise in cases because of widespread testing there, according to the St. Clair County Health Department.
The health department provides daily updates on the long-term care centers 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 Thursday on locations in “outbreak status,” with two or more residents or staff who are COVID-19 positive or have COVID-19-like symptoms. The health department does not provide a breakdown of how many residents or employees are affected:
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 104 people affected, including 27 deaths (No change reported since June 12)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 60 people, including seven deaths (One more person than what was reported Wednesday)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 56 people, including seven deaths (No change reported since Tuesday)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 54 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since June 1)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 48 people, including six deaths (No change reported since June 12)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 44 people, including 14 deaths (No change reported since June 12)
- 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 — 29 people, including five deaths (No change reported since Monday)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 23 people, including two deaths (Based on June 12 state data because the facility is outside of the St. Clair County Health Department’s jurisdiction)
- 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 — Five people (No change reported since June 7)
- Help at Home in O’Fallon — Five people (No change reported since May 4)
- Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — Four people (No change reported since Wednesday)
- TDL Inc. in Belleville — Four people (No change reported since May 6)
- 120-bed facility Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea — Two people (No change reported since Wednesday)
- 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)
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
