51 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths at southwestern Illinois care centers in past week
In a week’s time, long-term care centers in southwestern Illinois reported 51 new coronavirus cases and two additional deaths.
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.
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 10, two people have died, one each from Swansea Rehab and Care Center and Riverside Rehab and Healthcare in Alton.
New cases were reported out of 12 locations in the past week:
- Beverly Farm in Godfrey — 16 cases
- BRIA of Cahokia — Five cases
- St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — Four cases
- Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville region — Three cases
- Integrity Healthcare in Belleville — Three cases
- Meridian Village in Glen Carbon — Three cases
- Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea — Two cases
- Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — Two cases
- Villas of Holly Brook in Bethalto — Two cases
- Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — One case
- Clinton Manor Living Facility in New Baden — One case
- Cedarhurst of Godfrey — One case
Plus three new locations are reporting their first cases: the St. John Bosco Children’s Center in Belleville, Elmwood Nursing and Rehab in Maryville and Bradford Place in Swansea, according to state and local reports.
Each of the new locations had between two and four cases of the coronavirus. Two is the minimum amount to be considered an outbreak, according to health officials.
State and local health officials have now recorded a total of 1,181 cases and 182 deaths from long-term care centers across St. Clair, Madison, Clinton, Monroe, Macoupin, Randolph and Bond counties since the coronavirus pandemic began. St. Clair County also counts presumptive positives, or people who have symptoms of COVID-19 without a positive test result.
Here is the latest 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 at each facility:
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Total: 615 people infected (including presumptive positives) and 93 deaths
- 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 — 74 people, including 10 deaths (One more person reported Friday. 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 — 54 people, including 15 deaths (No change reported since July 14. 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 eight deaths (No change reported since July 12. First reported May 12.)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 34 people, including three deaths (Five more people reported Friday. First reported May 2.)
- Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville region — 15 people (Three more people reported Friday. First reported May 4.)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 13 people (No change reported since June 19. 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.
- Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville — Eight people, including one death (No change reported since May 25. First reported May 14.)
- 180-bed facility Integrity Healthcare in Belleville — Six people (No change reported since July 16. First reported July 1.)
- Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — Six people (No change reported since July 13. First reported May 28.)
- 150-bed facility Autumn Meadows in Cahokia — Six people (No change reported since July 10. First reported June 26.)
- 120-bed facility Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea — Five people (No change reported since July 15. First reported June 17.)
- 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.)
- Bradford Place in Swansea — Four people (No change reported since July 14. First reported July 14.)
- TDL Inc. in Belleville — Four people (No change reported since May 6. First reported May 6.)
- 30-bed facility St. John Bosco Children’s Center — Two people (No change reported since July 16. First reported July 16.)
- 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
Total: 318 people infected and 61 deaths
- 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 17 deaths (One more death reported Friday.)
- Beverly Farm in Godfrey — 35 people (No change reported since July 14.)
- 70-bed facility Meridian Village — 10 people (Three more people reported Friday.)
- Cedarhurst of Godfrey — 10 people (One more person reported Friday.)
- Cedarhurst of Bethalto — Seven people (No change reported since June 26.)
- 94-bed facility Collinsville Rehabilitation and Healthcare — Six people, including two deaths (No change reported since July 10.)
- Villas of Holly Brook in Bethalto — Five people (Two more people reported Friday.)
- Cedarhurst of Highland — Four people (No change reported since May 29.)
- University Care Center — Three people (No change reported since June 26.)
- 104-bed facility Elmwood Nursing and Rehab — Two people (newly reported Friday)
- Liberty Village of Maryville — Two people (No change reported since July 10.)
- Highland Healthcare — Two people (No change reported since June 5.)
CLINTON COUNTY
Total: 183 people infected and 17 deaths
- 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 — 30 people, including one death (One more person reported Friday.)
- Villa Catherine — Seven people (No change reported since June 26.)
MONROE COUNTY
Total: 52 people infected and 11 deaths
- Garden Place Columbia — 39 people, including 11 deaths (No change reported since May 15.)
- 144-bed facility Oak Hill in Waterloo — Seven people (No change reported since July 10.)
- Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo — Six people (No change reported since June 19.)
MACOUPIN COUNTY
Total: Six people infected and no deaths
- Heritage Health — Four people (No change reported since May 15.)
- Sunset Skilled Nursing & Rehab — Two people (No change reported since May 22.)
RANDOLPH COUNTY
Total: Four people infected and no deaths
- 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
Total: Three people infected and no deaths
- 90-bed facility Greenville Nursing and Rehab — Three people (No change reported since July 10.)
Both state and local agencies say they include residents and employees of the facilities in their numbers.
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 five 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 local 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.
