7 new coronavirus-related deaths reported at southwestern IL nursing homes in past week
At least 175 people connected to southwestern Illinois long-term care centers have died from illness related to the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
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.
St. Clair County has provided 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, 175, was up from 168 on June 19.
Three new outbreaks were announced Friday: 15 coronavirus cases from Beverly Farm in Godfrey; and four cases from both Autumn Meadows in Cahokia and Collinsville Rehabilitation and Healthcare.
A total of 44 long-term care centers across southwestern Illinois have now reported outbreaks, which health officials define as at least two cases. Of those, 16 facilities have also reported deaths.
Here is the information from the St. Clair County Health Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health 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. First reported April 19.)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 71 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since June 22. First reported May 27.)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 57 people, including seven deaths (No change reported since June 21. First reported May 19.)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 56 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since June 25. First reported April 24.)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 51 people, including six deaths (No change reported since June 20. First reported April 19.)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 50 people, including 14 deaths (One more person than what was reported Thursday. First reported April 24.)
- 82-bed facility Memorial Care Center in Belleville — 44 people, including five deaths (No change reported since June 8. First reported April 19.)
- 94-bed facility Swansea Rehab and Care Center — 29 people, including six deaths (No change reported since June 22. First reported May 12.)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 25 people, including three deaths (One more death than reported in the state’s June 19 data. BRIA of Cahokia is outside of the St. Clair County Health Department’s jurisdiction. First reported May 2.)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 13 people (No change reported since June 5. First reported May 24.) Denise Bentele, spokeswoman for Cedarhurst of Shiloh, said previously 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. First reported May 4.)
- Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville — Eight people, including one death (No change reported since May 25. First reported May 14.)
- Colonnade Senior Living in O’Fallon — Five people (No change reported since June 7. First reported April 19.)
- Help at Home in O’Fallon — Five people (No change reported since May 4. First reported May 4.)
- 150-bed facility Autumn Meadows in Cahokia — Four people (Newly reported in the state’s June 26 data. Autumn Meadows is outside of the St. Clair County Health Department’s jurisdiction.)
- Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — Four people (No change reported since June 17. First reported May 28.)
- TDL Inc. in Belleville — Four people (No change reported since May 6. First reported May 6.)
- Dammert Center at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows — Two people (No change reported since June 23. First reported June 23.) Brenda Fedak, spokeswoman for the health department, said the facility reported one positive test result and one presumptive positive to health officials. The Esquiline, which runs Dammert, said the only confirmed positive was a resident who subsequently tested negative. The Esquiline President Jeff Baker said there were no positives at Dammert and no residents or employees with symptoms as of June 24.
- Cedars of Lebanon — Two people (No change reported since June 23. First reported June 23.)
- 120-bed facility Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea — Two people (No change reported since June 17. First reported June 17.)
- Atrium of Belleville — Two people (No change reported since June 8. First reported 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. First reported May 23.)
MADISON COUNTY
- 120-bed facility Edwardsville Care Center — 97 people, including 22 deaths (No change reported since June 19)
- 128-bed facility Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon — 69 people, including 20 deaths (One more person than what was reported June 19)
- 137-bed facility Riverside Rehab and Healthcare in Alton — 66 people, including 16 deaths (Five more people and two more death than what was reported June 19)
- Beverly Farm in Godfrey — 15 people (Newly reported in the state’s June 26 data)
- Cedarhurst of Godfrey — Eight people (One more person than what was reported June 19)
- Cedarhurst of Bethalto — Seven people (One fewer person than what was reported June 19)
- 94-bed facility Collinsville Rehabilitation and Healthcare — Four people (Newly reported in the state’s June 26 data)
- Cedarhurst of Highland — Four people (No change reported since May 29)
- University Care Center — Three people (One more person than what was reported June 19)
- 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 — Seven people (One more person than what was reported June 19)
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 (No change reported since June 19)
- Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo — Six people (No change reported since June 19)
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 eight deaths from the outbreak at New Athens Home for the Aged, while the health department said there have been seven.
The state also reported one more coronavirus case at Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville than the health department did for the second week in a row.
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.
The BND has not included higher numbers announced by the state in calculating the total deaths for the region. Local health departments and individual facilities have previously said the state’s data was off.
Since last week, for example, the state corrected the total number of deaths for Lebanon Care Center from 13 to 10. The St. Clair County Health Department has been reporting 10 deaths for Lebanon Care Center each day since May 24.
This story was originally published June 26, 2020 at 5:57 PM.
