COVID cases reported at 4 new southwestern Illinois long-term care centers in past week
In a week’s time, the coronavirus spread to four more long-term care centers in southwestern Illinois.
The latest outbreaks were out of Liberty Village of Maryville, Villas of Holly Brook in Bethalto, Greenville Nursing and Rehab, and Adaptive Illinois in Belleville, according to state and local reports.
Each of the locations had between two and three cases of the coronavirus. Two is the minimum amount to be considered an outbreak, according to health officials.
The Illinois Department of Public Health provides an update on the locations affected by coronavirus outbreaks each Friday, when a more complete picture of the virus’ effect on long-term care centers in the region becomes available.
The St. Clair County Health Department releases information about outbreaks more regularly. It announced coronavirus cases at Adaptive Illinois for the first time July 5.
Long-term care residents are among the most vulnerable to severe illness or death from the coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease.
Since July 3, there have been four more deaths from outbreaks in the region’s long-term care centers.
Three of the deaths were announced Tuesday in St. Clair County: one each from Lebanon Care Center, BRIA of Belleville and Swansea Rehab and Care Center. And the state’s update on Friday included an additional death from Collinsville Rehabilitation and Healthcare.
At least 180 people connected to southwestern Illinois long-term care centers have died from illness related to the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
A total of 49 long-term care centers across the region have now reported outbreaks, and of those, 17 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 — 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 (No change reported since July 7. 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 (No change reported since July 7. 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 — 41 people, including seven deaths (No change reported since July 8. First reported May 12.)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 29 people, including three deaths (Three more people reported Friday. First reported May 2.)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 14 people (One more person reported Friday. 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 — Six people (One more person reported Friday. 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.)
- 180-bed facility Integrity Healthcare in Belleville — Three people (No change reported since July 9. First reported July 1.)
- 120-bed facility Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea — Three people (No change reported since July 3. First reported June 17.)
- Adaptive Illinois in Belleville — Two people (No change reported since July 5. First reported July 5.)
- 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.)
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 (No change reported since June 26.)
- 137-bed facility Riverside Rehab and Healthcare in Alton — 66 people, including 16 deaths (No change reported since June 26.)
- Beverly Farm in Godfrey — 19 people (No change reported since July 3.)
- Cedarhurst of Godfrey — Nine people (One more person reported on Friday.)
- 70-bed facility Meridian Village — Seven people (Two more people reported on Friday.)
- Cedarhurst of Bethalto — Seven people (No change reported since June 26.)
- 94-bed facility Collinsville Rehabilitation and Healthcare — Six people, including two deaths (One more person and one more death reported on Friday.)
- Cedarhurst of Highland — Four people (No change reported since May 29.)
- Villas of Holly Brook in Bethalto — Three people (newly reported Friday)
- University Care Center — Three people (No change reported since June 26.)
- Liberty Village of Maryville — Two people (newly reported Friday)
- 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 (No change reported since June 26.)
MONROE COUNTY
- Garden Place Columbia — 39 people, including 11 deaths (No change reported since May 15.)
- 144-bed facility Oak Hill in Waterloo — Seven people (One more person reported on Friday.)
- 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.
BOND COUNTY
- 90-bed facility Greenville Nursing and Rehab — Three people (newly reported Friday)
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 updates on the outbreaks and other developments in the county on the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency’s Facebook page. 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.
Discrepancies
The Illinois Department of Public Health’s information did not match the St. Clair County Health Department’s for several long-term care centers on Friday.
The Department of Public Health said there were more deaths out of some locations.
The Belleville News-Democrat has not included higher numbers announced by the state in calculating the total deaths for the region.
The state relies on local health departments for the information it reports and says on its website that the county-level agencies will have “the most up-to-date data.”
Health departments and individual facilities in the metro-east have previously said the state’s data was off.
This story was originally published July 10, 2020 at 6:39 PM.
