Coronavirus cases reported in 2 new St. Clair County care centers, health department says
The coronavirus has spread to two new long-term care centers in St. Clair County, the health department said Tuesday.
The Esquiline’s Dammert Center at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows and Cedars of Lebanon are the latest locations to be included in the county’s daily reports on coronavirus outbreaks.
The health department said each facility had two cases, the minimum amount to be considered an outbreak of the virus.
The Dammert Center is a skilled nursing facility at the Shrine, which is run by the Esquiline.
Brenda Fedak, spokeswoman for the health department, said Wednesday that the facility had reported one positive test result and one presumptive positive to health officials.
The Esquiline announced June 12 that one Dammert Center resident tested positive for COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus. That prompted widespread testing June 12-13. All Dammert Center residents and employees were negative at the time — including the resident who was previously positive, according to a June 16 news release from the Esquiline.
The health department reports any positive test results, regardless of a negative subsequent test, according to Fedak.
Mary Leiber, a spokeswoman for the Esquiline, said there were no positives among residents or employees at Dammert as of Tuesday.
Health officials provide 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 Tuesday on locations that have been in “outbreak status,” with two or more residents or staff who are COVID-19 positive or have COVID-19-like symptoms, since the coronavirus pandemic began. The health department does not provide a breakdown of how many residents or employees were affected. The numbers are cumulative:
- 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 — 71 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since Monday)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 57 people, including seven deaths (No change reported since June 21)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 55 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since June 20)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 51 people, including six deaths (No change reported since June 20)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 45 people, including 14 deaths (No change reported since June 20)
- 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 six deaths (No change reported since Monday)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 25 people, including two deaths (Based on the state’s June 19 data because BRIA of Cahokia is outside of the St. Clair County Health Department’s jurisdiction)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 13 people (No change reported since June 5) Denise Bentele, spokeswoman for Cedarhurst of Shiloh, said previously that 12 residents there had contracted the virus but none was 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)
- Dammert Center at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows — Two people (Newly reported)
- Cedars of Lebanon — Two people (Newly reported)
- 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)
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
This story was originally published June 23, 2020 at 6:23 PM.
