Southwestern Illinois nursing homes, care centers add 107 new COVID cases in past week
In the past week, 107 more people who live or work in local nursing homes or other long-term care facilities have contracted the novel coronavirus, according to health officials.
Long-term care residents are among the most vulnerable to severe illness or death from the virus, which causes COVID-19.
As of Friday, state and local health officials had recorded a total of 1,961 cases of the virus and 239 deaths tied to long-term care centers in the metro-east region — across St. Clair, Madison, Clinton, Monroe, Bond and Randolph counties.
Of the people to contract the virus since last week, 45 were from St. Clair County and 34 from Madison County. St. Clair County also counts presumptive positives, or people who have symptoms of COVID-19 without a positive test result.
Nearby Jersey County, part of the West Central Illinois region, also saw an increase in infections from an outbreak at a long-term care facility. There were no changes reported out of facilities in Perry County in the Southern Illinois region.
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Southwestern Illinois coronavirus outbreaks
The Illinois Department of Public Health’s updates on long-term care center outbreaks in every county come once a week at dph.illinois.gov/covid19/long-term-care-facility-outbreaks-covid-19. The local health departments in Madison and St. Clair counties also make announcements about numbers from their long-term care centers.
Madison County’s updates on long-term care centers correspond with the state’s each week on Friday. The health department releases the information on its Facebook page.
The St. Clair County Health Department provides daily updates on the outbreaks and other developments in the county on the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency’s Facebook page.
All of the state and local agencies say they include residents and employees of the facilities in their numbers. Locations with fewer than two cases of the virus are not reported.
The website medicare.gov records the number of beds for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes.
Here is the latest information from health officials on the total number of people who have been infected with the coronavirus at each facility since the start of the pandemic:
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Total: 895 people infected (including presumptive positives) and 112 deaths as of Friday, an increase of 45 new infections and three more deaths since Sept. 18. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 12% of the infections countywide and 60% of the deaths.
- 156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville — 115 people, including 28 deaths (First reported April 19.)
- 116-bed facility Cedar Ridge of Lebanon — 80 people, including 16 deaths (First reported May 27.)
- 90-bed facility Lebanon Care Center — 77 people, including 12 deaths (First reported April 24. One new infection announced since Sept. 18.)
- 140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville — 70 people, including eight deaths (First reported April 19. One new infection announced since Sept. 18.)
- 108-bed facility St. Paul’s Home in Belleville — 59 people, including 15 deaths (First reported April 24.)
- 101-bed facility Integrity Healthcare of Smithton — 57 people, including two deaths (First reported Sept. 2. Fourteen new infections and one more death announced since Sept. 18.)
- 53-bed facility New Athens Home for the Aged — 57 people, including nine deaths (First reported May 19.)
- 82-bed facility Memorial Care Center in Belleville — 50 people, including five deaths (First reported April 19.)
- 94-bed facility Swansea Rehab and Care Center — 43 people, including eight deaths (First reported May 12.)
- Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville region — 42 people (First reported May 4. Seven new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
- 133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia — 36 people, including three deaths (First reported May 2.)
- Dammert Center at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows — 32 people, including two deaths (First reported June 23. Seventeen new infections and two deaths announced since Sept. 18.)
- Caseyville Nursing and Rehab — 32 people, including two deaths (First reported May 28.)
- 16-bed facility Freeburg Terrace — 20 people, according to the facility (First reported Aug. 24.) Freeburg Terrace Executive Director Jim Haney said 13 residents and seven employees contracted the virus.
- 150-bed facility Autumn Meadows in Cahokia — 18 people (First reported June 26.)
- 120-bed facility Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea — 14 people (First reported June 17. Four new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
- Cedarhurst of Shiloh — 14 people (First reported May 24.)
- 180-bed facility Integrity Healthcare in Belleville — nine people (First reported July 1.)
- Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville — nine people, including one death (First reported May 14.)
- TDL Inc. in Belleville — eight people (First reported May 6.)
- Help at Home in Belleville — six people, including one death (First reported May 23.)
- 55-bed facility Aperion Care Center in Mascoutah — six people (First reported Sept. 4.)
- Colonnade Senior Living in O’Fallon — six people (First reported April 19.)
- Cambridge House in O’Fallon — five people (First reported Aug. 13.)
- Parkway Gardens in Fairview Heights — five people (First reported Aug. 11.)
- 118-bed facility Freeburg Care Center — six people (First reported Aug. 9. One new infection reported since Sept. 18.) Freeburg Care Center Administrator Amy Bonta said the six people affected by COVID-19 are employees.
- Bradford Place in Swansea — five people (First reported July 14.)
- Help at Home in O’Fallon — five people (First reported May 4.)
- 30-bed facility St. John Bosco Children’s Center — three people (First reported July 16.)
- Adaptive Illinois in Belleville — two people (First reported July 5.)
- Cedars of Lebanon — two people (First reported June 23.)
- Atrium of Belleville — two people (First reported June 8.) Roberto Roma, the Atrium of Belleville’s executive director, said previously that the two people affected were an employee who quarantined and a resident who moved out of the facility in March.
MADISON COUNTY
Total: 731 people infected and 100 deaths as of Friday, an increase of 34 new infections and three more deaths since Sept. 18. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 13% of the infections countywide and 74% of the deaths.
- 109-bed facility Stearns Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Granite City — 111 people, including 20 deaths (Five fewer infections than what was announced Sept. 18.)
- 120-bed facility Edwardsville Care Center — 105 people, including 22 deaths (One new infection announced since Sept. 18.)
- 128-bed facility Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon — 78 people, including 20 deaths (Five new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
- 180-bed facility Riverside Rehab and Healthcare — 70 people, including 17 deaths
- 70-bed facility Meridian Village — 61 people (Twenty-one new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
- 68-bed facility Integrity of Godfrey — 60 people, including eight deaths (Two more deaths announced since Sept. 18. One fewer infection than what was announced Sept. 18.)
- 64-bed facility Alton Memorial Rehab and Therapy — 59 people, including eight deaths (One new infection and one more death announced since Sept. 18.)
- Alton Mental Health Center — 50 people
- Beverly Farm in Godfrey — 35 people
- 104-bed facility Elmwood Nursing and Rehab in Maryville — 13 people
- 116-bed facility Care Center at Center Grove in Edwardsville — 10 people (One new infection announced since Sept. 18.)
- Liberty Village of Maryville — 10 people
- Cedarhurst of Highland — 10 people
- Cedarhurst of Godfrey — 10 people
- Evergreen Place in Alton — nine people, including one death
- Cedarhurst of Bethalto — seven people
- 94-bed facility Collinsville Rehabilitation and Healthcare — six people, including two deaths
- University Care Center — six people, including one death
- Villas of Holly Brook in Bethalto — six people
- Alhambra Rehab and Healthcare — five people (newly reported Friday.)
- 86-bed facility Granite City Nursing and Rehab — three people, including one death
- Faith Countryside — three people
- Cedarhurst of Edwardsville — two people
- Highland Healthcare — two people
CLINTON COUNTY
Total: 207 people infected and 16 deaths as of Friday, an increase of two new infections since Sept. 18. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 18% of the infections countywide and 80% of the deaths.
- 109-bed facility Carlyle HealthCare Center — 91 people, including 15 deaths
- Warren G. Murray Developmental Center — 66 people
- Clinton Manor Living Facility — 41 people, including one death
- Villa Catherine — seven people
- Community Link Assisted Living Facility in Aviston — two people (newly reported Friday.)
JERSEY COUNTY
Total: 93 people infected and nine deaths as of Friday, an increase of 11 new infections and one more death since Sept. 18. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 24% of the infections countywide and 64% of the deaths.
- Liberty Village of Jerseyville — 93 people, including nine deaths
MONROE COUNTY
Total: 83 people infected and 11 deaths as of Friday, an increase of 12 new infections since Sept. 18. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 13% of the infections countywide and 73% of the deaths.
- Garden Place Columbia — 38 people, including 11 deaths
- 144-bed facility Oak Hill in Waterloo — 24 people (Twelve new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
- 119-bed facility Integrity Healthcare-Columbia Rehab and Care Center — 15 people
- Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo — six people
PERRY COUNTY
Total: 79 people infected and 11 deaths as of Friday. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 23% of the infections countywide and 69% of the deaths.
- Pinckneyville Nursing and Rehabilitation — 73 people, including 10 deaths
- Manor of Mason Woods — six people, including one death
BOND COUNTY
Total: 29 people infected as of Friday, an increase of 12 new infections since Sept. 18. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 9% of the infections countywide.
- Cedarhurst of Greenville — 19 people (Eight new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
- 90-bed facility Greenville Nursing and Rehab — 10 people (Four new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
RANDOLPH COUNTY
Total: 16 people infected as of Friday, an increase of two new infections since Sept. 18. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 2% of the infections countywide.
- Cedarhurst of Sparta — 10 people (Two new infections announced since Sept. 18.)
- 75-bed facility Coulterville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center — four people
- 115-bed facility Red Bud Regional Care Center — two people
- Whitney Oberlink, administrator of the Coulterville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, said previously that two of the people affected by COVID-19 there were employees and that they recovered from the disease.
State 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 cases or deaths at 10 locations.
The Belleville News-Democrat has not included higher numbers announced by the state in calculating totals if a local health department reports lower numbers.
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.
