St. Clair County reports smaller increase in new COVID cases but adds 1 death Tuesday
St. Clair County is starting to report smaller increases in new coronavirus cases after several record high one-day increases this month.
But as those statistics improve, officials said Tuesday that another St. Clair County resident has died from illness related to the coronavirus. The novel virus causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease.
The St. Clair County Health Department announced the death of a woman in her 70s with unknown underlying health conditions on Tuesday. A total of 149 people from St. Clair County have died since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Herb Simmons, the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency director, has said that if the county’s recent spike in cases was due to Fourth of July gatherings, he expected the numbers to start declining this week.
And, so far, St. Clair County has recorded smaller numbers on Monday and Tuesday, with 42 and 43 new cases, respectively. Just days earlier, St. Clair County recorded its largest one-day increase: 105 new cases on Saturday.
“Hopefully we’re going to see that continue to go down,” Simmons said.
County leaders stressed that residents should continue following safety guidelines, including wearing a face-covering such as a mask in public and staying at least 6 feet away from others, to cut down on their risk of infection.
A spike in cases across the metro-east is bringing the region closer to new thresholds the state is using to decide whether to reimpose restrictions on places like bars and restaurants.
Illinois officials are watching the rate of new diagnoses and the amount of hospital resources available.
“The metro-east region has one of the highest rates of cases and transmissions in the state even as the rest of the state remains steady,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a news conference Tuesday in Collinsville.
Simmons lauded the organizers of fall events that draw crowds to the metro-east for canceling this year due to the coronavirus, including the Belleville Chili Cook-off, Belleville Oktoberfest and Collinsville’s Italian Fest.
Here are the latest available statistics for southwestern Illinois counties. The amount of coronavirus cases in local ZIP codes is reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health at dph.illinois.gov/covid19/statistics. All other statistics come from local health departments. The “recoveries” figure the agencies provide is the number of COVID-19 positive people who completed a 14-day quarantine. Fourteen days is how long experts believe it takes for illness to develop after exposure to the virus:
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: 43 new positives, 1 new death, 628 new tests administered, 33 new recoveries
Total overall: 3,095 positives, 149 deaths, 28,020 tests administered with 21 pending results, 2,182 recoveries, 37 hospitalizations, 0 patients on a ventilator
ZIP codes with positives (ZIP codes with five or fewer cases are not reported. The number in parenthesis reflects the change from the previous day, an increase or decrease. A decrease indicates a correction health officials made if, for example, they had an incorrect address for a COVID-19 positive patient.):
- 62059 (Brooklyn): 8
- 62201 (East St. Louis): 155 (+3)
- 62203 (East St. Louis, Centreville, Washington Park, Caseyville): 117
- 62204 (East St. Louis): 94 (+1)
- 62205 (East St. Louis, Alorton, Centreville): 122
- 62206 (East St. Louis, Cahokia): 281
- 62207 (East St. Louis, Centreville, Alorton): 165 (+6)
- 62208 (Fairview Heights): 173 (+1)
- 62220 (Belleville, Smithton): 254 (+3)
- 62221 (Belleville): 274 (+4)
- 62223 (Belleville, Swansea): 125
- 62225 (Scott Air Force Base): 12
- 62226 (Belleville, Swansea): 318 (+2)
- 62232 (Fairview Heights, Caseyville): 66
- 62239 (Dupo): 25
- 62240 (Dupo): 6
- 62243 (Freeburg): 17
- 62254 (Lebanon): 106
- 62255 (Lenzburg): 8
- 62257 (Marissa): 18 (+1)
- 62258 (Mascoutah, Fayetteville): 38 (+1)
- 62260 (Millstadt): 29 (-1)
- 62264 (New Athens): 63
- 62269 (O’Fallon): 183 (+5)
- 62285 (Smithton): 27
MADISON COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: 23 new positives, 202 new tests administered, 13 new recoveries
Total overall: 1,544 positives, 71 deaths, 28,755 tests administered, 717 recoveries
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62201 (Alhambra): 6
- 62002 (Alton, East Alton, Godfrey): 210 (-1)
- 62010 (Bethalto): 58
- 62018 (Alton, Bethalto, East Alton): 14
- 62024 (East Alton): 22
- 62025 (Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Pontoon Beach, Roxana): 208 (+1)
- 62034 (Glen Carbon): 109 (+1)
- 62035 (Godfrey): 89
- 62040 (Granite City, Pontoon Beach): 306 (+2)
- 62048 (Edwardsville, Granite City, Roxana, Hartford): 6
- 62060 (Granite City, Madison, Venice): 64
- 62062 (Maryville): 29
- 62067 (Moro): 9
- 62084 (Edwardsville, Wood River, Pontoon Beach, Roxana, South Roxana): 6
- 62090 (Madison, Venice): 20
- 62095 (Wood River): 33
- 62097 (Worden): 6
- 62234 (Collinsville, Pontoon Beach, State Park Place): 271 (+1)
- 62249 (Highland): 34 (+2)
- 62294 (Troy): 70
- 62281 (St. Jacob): 9
RANDOLPH COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: 4 new positives
Total overall: 379 positives, 7 deaths, 4,889 tests administered, 309 recoveries, 1 hospitalization
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62217 (Baldwin): 10
- 62233 (Chester): 131
- 62237 (Coulterville): 7
- 62241 (Ellis Grove): 9
- 62242 (Evansville): 8
- 62272 (Willisville, Percy): 54 (-1)
- 62278 (Red Bud): 49
- 62286 (Sparta): 67
- 62288 (Steeleville): 36
CLINTON COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: 4 new positives
Total overall: 281 positives, 17 deaths, 243 recoveries, 1 hospitalization
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62215 (Albers, Damiansville): 7
- 62216 (Aviston): 12
- 62230 (Breese): 31 (+1)
- 62231 (Carlyle): 93 (+1)
- 62245 (Germantown): 8
- 62265 (New Baden): 54
- 62293 (Trenton): 16
- 62801 (Centralia): 86 (+1)
MONROE COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: 1 new positive
Total overall: 198 positives, 12 deaths
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62236 (Columbia): 82 (+1)
- 62295 (Valmeyer): 14
- 62298 (Waterloo): 88
MACOUPIN COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 97 positives, 4 deaths, 8,093 tests administered with 71 pending results, 54 recoveries, 0 hospitalizations
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62012 (Brighton): 20
62014 (Bunker Hill): 7
62033 (Gillespie): 11 (+3)
62069 (Mount Olive): 12
- 62088 (Staunton): 15 (+1)
- 62626 (Carlinville): 18 (+2)
PERRY COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 70 positives, 1 death, 61 recoveries
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62238 (Cutler): 8
- 62274 (Pinckneyville): 18 (+2)
- 62832 (Du Quoin): 26
JERSEY COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 54 positives, 1 death, 46 recoveries
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62052 (Jerseyville): 28
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 35 positives, 0 deaths, 27 recoveries
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62263 (Nashville, New Minden): 12
- 62808 (Ashley): 7
- 62848 (Irvington): 7
BOND COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: 2 new positives
Total overall: 28 positives, 1 death, 19 recoveries, 2 hospitalizations
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62246 (Greenville): 20 (+3)
CALHOUN COUNTY
Tuesday’s new data: 1 new positive
Total overall: 3 positives, 0 deaths, 2 recoveries
State, nation, world statistics
Here are the latest available statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus map as of Tuesday afternoon:
- Illinois: 163,703 cases, 7,324 deaths
- U.S.: 3,858,686 cases, 141,426 deaths, 1,160,087 recoveries
- World: 14,774,887 cases, 611,599 deaths, 8,340,042 recoveries
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Who to call about mental health
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- Touchette Regional Hospital’s Mental Health Support and Resource Line: Call 618-482-7158 to talk to trained therapy staff.
- Illinois Human Services Mental Health Division’s Call4Calm: Text the word “talk” to 552020 to text with a mental health care professional for free.
- Centerstone of Illinois, Inc.: Call 618-462-2331 for virtual mental health services.
- Chestnut Health Systems: Call 618-877-4420 for virtual mental health services.
- Narcotics and Alcoholics Anonymous: Call 618-398-9409 or email metroeastnapr@gmail.com to learn about virtual meetings.
- Regional Disaster Mental Health Volunteer Response Team: Call a support line for health care professionals at 618-381-5173.
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This story was originally published July 21, 2020 at 5:54 PM.
