3 new deaths from St. Clair County long-term care centers with coronavirus outbreaks
St. Clair County officials on Tuesday announced three new coronavirus-related deaths from long-term care centers in the county.
The latest deaths were connected to Lebanon Care Center, BRIA of Belleville and Swansea Rehab and Care Center.
Tuesday was the first time in two weeks — not since June 22 — that any deaths had been attributed to long-term care centers.
Swansea Rehab and Care Center has also added nine new coronavirus cases since Friday, according to the health department. And there have been five new cases since Friday out of BRIA of Belleville.
Long-term care residents are among the most vulnerable to severe illness or death from the coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease. St. Clair County officials provide updates on outbreaks at long-term care centers and other developments in the county on the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency’s Facebook page.
New location reporting coronavirus cases
The coronavirus has spread to a Belleville care facility for adults who have disabilities, according to the St. Clair County Health Department.
Adaptive Illinois is the latest long-term care provider to be included in the county’s daily reports on coronavirus outbreaks. It first appeared in Sunday’s report.
The health department said Adaptive Illinois has had two cases, the minimum amount to be considered an outbreak of the virus.
Latest numbers from coronavirus outbreaks
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 affected, including 27 deaths (No change reported since June 12. First reported April 19.)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 73 people, including 10 deaths (No change reported since June 27. First reported May 27.)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 57 people, including seven deaths (Three more people and one more death than what was reported Monday. First reported April 19.)
- 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 11 deaths (One more death than what was reported Monday. First reported April 24.)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 50 people, including 14 deaths (No change reported since June 26. First reported April 24.)
- 82-bed facility Memorial Care Center in Belleville — 49 people, including five deaths (No change reported since June 30. First reported April 19.)
- 94-bed facility Swansea Rehab and Care Center — 39 people, including seven deaths (Seven more people and one more death than what was reported Monday. First reported May 12.)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 26 people, including three deaths (Based on the state’s July 3 data because 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.)
- 150-bed facility Autumn Meadows in Cahokia — Five people (Based on the state’s July 3 data because Autumn Meadows is outside of the St. Clair County Health Department’s jurisdiction. First reported June 26.)
- 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.)
- 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.)
- 120-bed facility Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea — Three people (No change reported since July 3. First reported June 17.)
- Adaptive Illinois — Two people (No change reported since July 5. First reported July 5.)
- 180-bed facility Integrity Healthcare in Belleville — Two people (No change reported since July 1. First reported July 1.)
- 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.)
- 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.)
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
