St. Clair, Madison counties see COVID death toll reach 510 since start of pandemic
St. Clair County and Madison County officials reported a total of nine COVID-19 deaths Monday, bringing the two counties combined death toll since the pandemic began to 510 and Madison County’s November death toll to 97.
On Monday, officials in Madison County reported the death of a man and a woman in their 70s, a man and a woman in their 90s and a man in his 60s. No additional information was available.
Officials in St. Clair County reported that the four individuals were a woman in her 60s, a woman in her 90s, a man in his 90s and a woman in her 100s all with unknown health conditions. No additional information was available on the individuals who died.
In mid-November, Madison County reported 34 deaths in a three-day span. At that time the county had reported 58 deaths. Since then, another 39 deaths have been reported.
The metro-east’s testing positivity rate saw a slight increase Monday, while regional hospital and intensive care unit bed availability remained low.
Region 4’s rolling 7-day average was 14% on Monday, up from 13.9% on Sunday. The new rate is based on tests recorded as of Nov. 27. A region’s positivity rate is its percentage of positive COVID-19 tests versus the number of tests taken over a 7-day period.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 81.7% of staffed hospital beds in the metro-east were in use as of Monday, up from 81.2% Sunday. Additionally, 15.8% of the metro-east’s staffed hospital beds were available for patient use, up from 13.9% Sunday.
Under rules set by the Restore Illinois plan, if a region reaches or falls below the 20% threshold, the state may impose tighter restrictions to avoid the possibility of the region running out of hospital and ICU beds.
Tier 3 restrictions went into place statewide on Friday, Nov. 20. The third tier tightens restrictions on indoor dining, bars and social gatherings while adding restrictions to casinos, retailers, video gaming and museums.
Over the past weeks, officials have warned about the possibility of the region running low on hospital and ICU beds, prompting some area hospitals to temporarily cease elective surgeries. More recently, officials have publicly worried that the Thanksgiving holiday could lead to another spike in cases and deaths.
The state classifies the metro-east as Region 4, which covers seven counties: St. Clair, Madison, Monroe, Bond, Washington, Clinton and Randolph. County-by-county data is available on the state health department’s website.
Additionally, the region reported a daily positivity rate of 14.2% on Monday, up from 11% on Thursday.
St. Louis task force sets new records
The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force on Monday announced that it set another record for COVID-positive patients hospitalized and that hospitals are expected to reach maximum ICU capacity in about a week.
The task force had a record 961 patients confirmed to have the coronavirus, up from 920 patients on Sunday.
As has been the case for the past few weeks, the task force hospitals set another record for the seven-day moving average of hospitalizations, which was at 914 on Monday, up from 897 on Sunday.
The staffed bed hospital capacity was at 79% on Monday, an average across the task force’s hospitals and the ICU’s are at 88% of their total staffed bed capacity.
The hospitals are expected to reach maximum ICU capacity around Dec. 7 if the current rates continue, according to Dr. Alex Garza, leader of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force.
The task force compiles statistics from four health systems: BJC HealthCare, Mercy, SSM Health and St. Luke’s Hospital. The statistics include results from BJC HealthCare’s metro-east hospitals: Alton Memorial Hospital, Memorial Hospital in Belleville and Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh.
Illinois reports new cases, deaths Monday
This information is provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The number in parentheses shows the difference from the previous day’s increase or total.
New cases: 6,190 (-988)
New deaths: 85 (+29)
New tests: 66,980 (+4,510)
Total cases: 726,304
Total deaths: 12,278
Total tests: 10,497,998
Hospitalizations: 5,849 (-9)
People in ICU: 1,217 (-8)
People on ventilators: 715 (+-8)
Statewide positivity rate (from Nov. 23–Nov. 29): 10..2% (+0.1%)
Monday’s COVID-19 breakdown for Region 4
New cases (as of 4 p.m. Monday): 748
New deaths (as of 4 p.m. Monday): 13 (St. Clair County reported four new deaths, Madison County reported five new deaths, Clinton County reported two new deaths and Monroe County reported two new deaths)
Daily positivity rate (as of Friday): 14.2% (+3.2%)
Seven-day rolling average positivity rate (as of Friday): 14% (+0.1%)
Regional hospitalizations provided by St. Clair County: 229
Regional patients on ventilators: 25
Hospital bed availability: 15.8% (+1.9%)
ICU bed availability: 18.3% (-0.5%)
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Monday’s new data: 197 new positives, 1,539 new tests administered, four new deaths
Total overall: 14,980 positives, 158,686 tests administered, 254 deaths, 12,376 recoveries, 97 patients hospitalized with 7 patients on ventilators
Additional data: New positives include residents who ranged in age from under 10 up to 80s. Of the 197 new positives, 125 were individuals 40 years of age or younger.
Congregate living facilities: Cambridge House in O’Fallon reported four new cases, Caseyville Nursing and Rehab reported three new cases, Cedar Ridge in Lebanon reported five new cases and one new death, Integrity Healthcare in Belleville reported four new cases and Mar-Ka Nursing and Rehab reported one new death
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 14.8% (+2.0%); 7-day average — 13.3% (+0.1%)
ZIP codes with positives:
62059 (Brooklyn): 24 (+1)
62201 (East St. Louis): 383 (+30)
62203 (East St. Louis, Centreville, Washington Park, Caseyville): 389 (+26)
62204 (East St. Louis): 242 (+21)
62205 (East St. Louis, Alorton, Centreville): 378 (+31)
62206 (East St. Louis, Cahokia): 737 (+78)
62207 (East St. Louis, Centreville, Alorton): 378 (+19)
62208 (Fairview Heights): 866 (+184)
62220 (Belleville, Smithton): 1,039 (+79)
62221 (Belleville): 1406 (+160)
62223 (Belleville, Swansea): 923 (+84)
62225 (Scott Air Force Base): 75 (+7)
62226 (Belleville, Swansea): 1,605 (+190)
62232 (Fairview Heights, Caseyville): 486 (+88)
62239 (Dupo): 216 (+29)
62240 (Dupo): 74 (+4)
62243 (Freeburg): 307 (+34)
62254 (Lebanon): 497 (+64)
62255 (Lenzburg): 34 (+10)
62257 (Marissa): 127 (+27)
62258 (Mascoutah, Fayetteville):546 (+69)
62260 (Millstadt): 335 (+31)
62264 (New Athens): 160 (+16)
62269 (O’Fallon): 1,526 (+216)
62282 (St. Libory): 33 (+6)
62285 (Smithton): 298 (+27)
MADISON COUNTY
Monday’s new data: 258 confirmed positives, 35 probable positives, 1,821 new tests administered, five new deaths
Total overall: 14,208 positives, 137,184 tests administered, 256 deaths, 6,872 recoveries, 101 patients hospitalized with 18 patients on ventilators
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 13.1% (+3.1%); 7-day average — 13.6% (-0.2%)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62040 (Granite City, Pontoon Beach): 1,993 (+151)
- 62025 (Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Pontoon Beach, Roxana): 1,737 (+171)
- 62002 (Alton, East Alton, Godfrey): 1,704 (+161)
- 62234 (Collinsville, Pontoon Beach, State Park Place): 1,369 (+159)
- 62035 (Godfrey):1,044 (+109)
- 62249 (Highland): 1,019 (+113)
- 62294 (Troy): 799 (+87)
- 62034 (Glen Carbon): 688 (+74)
- 62010 (Bethalto): 650 (+90)
- 62095 (Wood River): 483 (+64)
- 62062 (Maryville): 441 (+73)
- 62024 (East Alton): 410 (+43)
- 62060 (Granite City, Madison, Venice): 208 (+15)
- 62281 (St. Jacob): 150 (+15)
- 62018 (Alton, Bethalto, East Alton): 140 (+23)
- 62067 (Moro): 118 (+22)
- 62097 (Prairietown, Worden): 115 (+20)
- 62001 (Kaufman, Alhambra): 101 (+10)
- 62061 (Marine): 99 (+15)
- 62084 (Edwardsville, Wood River, Pontoon Beach, Roxana, South Roxana): 70 (+4)
- 62087 (Edwardsville, Roxana, South Roxana, Hartford): 61 (+5)
- 62048 (Edwardsville, Granite City, Roxana, Hartford): 59 (+4)
- 62090 (Madison, Venice): 51 (+2)
- 62046 (Hamel): 45 (+7)
- 62275 (Pocahontas, Old Ripley, Jamestown): 36 (+2)
- 62012 (Godfrey): 34 (+2)
- 62021 (Dorsey): 32 (+3)
- 62074 (New Douglas): 31 (+4)
- 62293: (St. Morgan): 20 (+2)
- 62088 (Staunton, Livingston, Williamson): 28 (+4)
- 62058 (Livingston): 15 (+4)
- 62201: (Fairmont City, Madison): 8
CLINTON COUNTY
Monday’s new data (Nov. 26-30): 228 new positives, two new deaths
Total overall: 3,337 positives, 57 deaths, 2,503 recoveries, 15 patients hospitalized
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily —12% (+5.4%); 7-day average — 16.6% (+0.1%)
ZIP codes with positives:
62215 (Albers, Damiansville): 148 (+15)
62216 (Aviston): 365 (+29)
62218 (Bartelso): 138 (+7)
62230 (Breese): 715 (+72)
62231 (Carlyle): 641 (+98)
62245 (Germantown): 152 (+14)
62265 (New Baden): 292 (+33)
62293 (Trenton): 309 (+22)
62801 (Centralia): 1,469 (+253)
RANDOLPH COUNTY
Monday’s new data (Nov 29-30): 53 new positives
Total overall: 2,310 positives, 22,982 tests administered, 27 deaths, 2,077 recoveries, 4 patients hospitalized
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 14.6% (+7.2%); 7-day average — 12.8% (+0.1%)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62217 (Baldwin): 38 (+2)
- 62233 (Chester): 650 (+41)
- 62237 (Coulterville): 149 (+20)
- 62241 (Ellis Grove): 67 (+17)
- 62242 (Evansville): 76 (+11)
- 62272 (Percy): 137 (+5)
- 62277 (Prairie Du Rocher): 75 (+9)
- 62278 (Red Bud): 514 (+68)
- 62286 (Sparta): 375 (+40)
- 62288 (Steeleville): 258 (+23)
- 62292 (Tilden): 18 (+2)
- 62297 (Walsh): 25 (+10)
- 62916 (Campbell Hill): 50 (+6)
MONROE COUNTY
Monday’s new data: 12 new positives, two new deaths
Total overall: 2,111 positives, 45 deaths, 10 patients hospitalized
Positivity rates as (of Friday): Daily — 27.8% (+11.8%); 7-day average — 16.5% (+2.0%)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62236 (Columbia): 844 (+113)
- 62244 (Fults): 47 (+4)
- 62295 (Valmeyer): 77 (+1)
- 62298 (Waterloo): 1,056 (+96)
BOND COUNTY
Monday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 1,018 positives, 31,005 tests administered, 11 deaths, 1 patients hospitalized
Positivity rates: Daily — 11.3% (+1.9%); 7-day average — 12.8% (+0.4%)
ZIP codes with positives:
62086 (Sorento): 63 (+5)
62246 (Greenville): 656 (+84)
62262 (Mulberry Grove): 115 (+20)
62275 (Pocahontas, Old Ripley): 201 (+20)
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Monday’s new data (Nov. 28-30: 47 new positives
Total overall: 710 positives, 2 deaths, 603 recoveries, 6 patients hospitalized
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 23.7% (8.3%); 7-day average — 27.1% (+1.1%)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62214 (Venedy, Addieville): 60 (+11)
- 62263 (Nashville, New Minden): 276 (+37)
- 62268 (Oakdale): 26 (+2)
- 62271 (Okawville): 99 (+14)
- 62808 (Ashley): 75 (+17)
- 62848 (Irvington): 38 (+4)
MACOUPIN COUNTY
Monday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 2,336 positives, 23 deaths, 765 recoveries
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 17.6% (-6.6%); 7-day average — 10.3% (+0.3%)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62009 (Benld, Sawyerville, Mount Clare): 60 (+7)
- 62012 (Brighton): 372 (+74)
- 62014 (Bunker Hill): 142 (+21)
62033 (Gillespie): 275 (+15)
62063 (Medora, Summerville, Kemper, Rockbridge): 52 (+11)
62069 (Mount Olive): 128 (+16)
- 62088 (Staunton): 271 (+51)
- 62626 (Carlinville): 574 (+93)
- 62640 (Girard): 118 (+17)
- 62674 (Palmyra, Barr): 32 (+3)
- 62685 (Royal Lakes, Plainview, Shipman): 98 (+18)
- 62690 (Virden): 225 (+42)
JERSEY COUNTY
Monday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 1,272 positives, 12,778 tests administered, 22 deaths, 985 recoveries
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 5.6% (-3.3%); 7-day average — 11% (-1.2%)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62022 (Newbern): 69 (+9)
- 62028 (Elsah): 16 (+3)
- 62031 (Fieldon): 57 (+14)
- 62037 (Grafton): 123 (+11)
- 62052 (Jerseyville): 817 (+110)
PERRY COUNTY
Monday’s new data: 103 new positives, 6 new deaths
Total overall: 1,154 positives, 26 deaths, 805 recoveries
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 22.3% (+11.1%); 7-day average — 18.6% (+0.9)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62238 (Cutler): 35 (+8)
- 62274 (Pinckneyville): 340 (+42)
- 62832 (Du Quoin): 536 (+72)
- 62888 (Tamaroa): 93 (+7)
- 62997 (Willisville): 27 (+3)
CALHOUN COUNTY
Monday’s new data: No new data as of 4 p.m.
Total overall: 251 positives, 1 death, 184 recoveries
Positivity rates (as of Friday): Daily — 6.7% (+6.7%); 7-day average — 7.2% (-06%)
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62036 (Golden Eagle): 42 (+3)
- 62047 (Hardin): 79 (+5)
Editor’s note: The number of new COVID-19 cases for ZIP codes in each county are reported on Mondays. Information comes from county sources and the IDPH website.
State, nation, world COVID-19 statistics
Here are the latest available statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus map as of Monday afternoon:
- Illinois: 726,304 cases, 12,278 deaths, 10,497,998 tests
- U.S.: 13,343,698 cases, 266,778 deaths, 5,024,365 recoveries
- World: 62,591,535 cases, 1,457,859 deaths, 40,016,926 recoveries
Testing sites in southwestern Illinois
Here are some upcoming coronavirus testing options:
- Monday, Nov. 30: 4601 State St., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 4601 State St., East St. Louis
- Friday, Dec. 4: Belle-Claire Fairgrounds, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 pm. to 4 p.m., 200 S. Belt E, Belleville
- Tuesday, Dec 8-9: McKendree University 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 pm. to 4 p.m., 701 COllege Rd, Lebanon
The Illinois Department of Public Health also offers free walk-up and drive-thru COVID-19 testing seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until capacity limits are met each day) at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center, Argonne Drive in East St. Louis (Interstate 64 west, exit 4A).
Capacity is limited. Hours of operation are subject to change based on available equipment. For more information, visit dph.illinois.gov/testing.
Additionally, Touchette Regional Hospital and Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation offer daily testing in Belleville and Wood River. Call 618-646-2596 for an appointment.
This story was originally published November 30, 2020 at 4:21 PM.