168 deaths from coronavirus outbreaks at southwestern Illinois long-term care centers
At least 168 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 provided updates Friday on the number of people affected by coronavirus outbreaks at those facilities since the pandemic began.
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.
In a week’s time, the state and St. Clair County Health Department recorded seven more deaths. The total Friday, 168, was up from 161 on June 12.
A total of 38 long-term care centers across southwestern Illinois have reported outbreaks. Of those, 16 facilities have also reported deaths.
Here is the information the St. Clair County Health Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health provided Friday on the total number of people who have been infected with the coronavirus:
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 104 people, including 27 deaths (No change reported since June 12)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 70 people, including seven deaths (10 more people than what was reported Thursday)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 56 people, including seven deaths (No change reported since June 16)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 54 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since June 1)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 50 people, including six deaths (Two more people than what was reported Thursday)
- 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 June 15)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 25 people, including two deaths (Two more people than what was reported in state’s June 12 data)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 13 people (No change reported since June 5) Denise Bentele, spokeswoman for Cedarhurst of Shiloh, said Friday that 12 residents there had contracted the virus but none of them were positive anymore. She said one employee was positive and not working.
- Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville region — 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 June 17)
- 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 June 17)
- 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 — 97 people, including 22 deaths (Three more people than what was reported June 12)
- 128-bed facility Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon — 68 people, including 20 deaths (One more death than what was reported June 12)
- 137-bed facility Riverside Rehab and Healthcare in Alton — 61 people, including 14 deaths (12 more people than what was reported June 12)
- Cedarhurst of Bethalto — Eight people (One more person than what was reported June 12)
- Cedarhurst of Godfrey — Seven people (No change reported since June 5)
- Cedarhurst of Highland — Four people (No change reported since May 29)
- University Care Center — Two people (No change reported since 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 (No change reported since June 12)
- Warren G Murray Developmental Center — 61 people (No change reported since June 12)
- Clinton Manor Living Facility in Clinton County — 29 people, including one death (No change reported since May 29)
- Villa Catherine — Six people (Two more people than what was reported June 12)
MONROE COUNTY
- Garden Place Columbia — 39 people, including 11 deaths (No change reported since May 15)
- 144-bed facility Oak Hill in Waterloo — Six people (Three more people than what was reported June 12)
- Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo — Six people (Two more people than what was reported June 12)
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 coronavirus outbreaks.
The St. Clair County Health Department provides daily updates on the 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 discrepancies
The St. Clair County Health Department’s data did not match the state’s for two long-term care centers on Friday.
The Department of Public Health said there have been 13 deaths from the outbreak at Lebanon Care Center, while the health department said there have been 10.
The state also reported one more coronavirus case at Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville than the health department did.
The reason for the discrepancies was not clear Friday. The St. Clair County Health Department did not immediately respond to a Belleville News-Democrat inquiry.
