St. Clair County marks ninth consecutive day under 6.5% positivity rate
St. Clair County’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate dropped again Friday, marking its ninth day below 6.5%.
The county’s positivity rate was 4.5%, down from 4.7% on Thursday. Friday marked the 27th day the county’s positivity rate was below 8%, according to county officials, and the ninth consecutive day it was under 6.5%. The daily positivity rate is the percentage of positives from a day’s worth of coronavirus tests.
The county’s seven-day rolling positivity rate Friday was 4.9% — according to county officials — down from 5.1% on Thursday.
St. Clair County Chairman Mark Kern said the county is leading the way in Region 4 by having the lowest positivity rate, a metric the state uses when determining if restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 needs to be relaxed or strengthened. He said the state is taking note of the county’s “hard work.”
Regional positivity rate under 8% for 6th consecutive day
Th state reported the rolling seven-day average positivity rate for Region 4 remained the same Friday at 7.1%, marking the sixth day in a row the region’s rate has been below 8%. In order for the state to relieve some of the additional restrictions that have been imposed on the metro-east, the region must maintain a positivity rate under 6.5% for three consecutive days.
Illinois provides the rate for each region at dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics. Information on the website is delayed by three days, so Monday, Sept. 22, was the latest data available Friday.
The state defines the metro-east, or Region 4, as St. Clair, Madison, Clinton, Randolph, Monroe, Bond and Washington counties.
Friday’s COVID-19 case breakdown for Region 4
Overall, 178 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death were reported in the region Friday. St. Clair County reported 66 new cases and one new death, a woman in her 90s with unknown health conditions.
Madison County reported 59 new cases and five new deaths. The individuals who died included two women, a woman in her 60s and a woman in her 90s; and three men, a man in his 60s, a man in his 70s and a man in his 80s. No additional information was available on the individuals who died.
Elsewhere in Region 4 on Friday, Clinton County reported 26 new cases of COVID-19, Bond County reported eight, Monroe County reported nine, Randolph County reported four and Washington County reported six new cases.
According to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health, regionally, 39% of the metro-east’s hospital beds were available Friday, up from 38% Thursday. Additionally, 61% of the ICU beds were available, up from 59% on Thursday.
Regionally, as of Friday, 78 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19, down from 91 on Thursday, with ten of those patients on ventilators, up from seven on Thursday.
St. Clair County’s latest rundown
St. Clair County has now reported a total of 7,219 positive cases and 188 deaths.
St. Clair County reported 50 hospitalizations, down from 57 on Thursday. There were seven patients on ventilators as of Friday, up from five Thursday.
At congregate living centers in St. Clair County, one new death and seven new cases were reported at the Esquiline/Dammert Center and one new case was reported at BRIA of Belleville.
The county’s new cases included young people under 10 to individuals in their 90s. Of the 66 new cases reported by the county, 29 of the individuals were in their 40s or younger.
No county ZIP codes reported a double digit increase Friday.
Madison County by the numbers
Madison County has reported a total of 5,577 cases and 136 deaths as of Friday.
The county’s daily positivity rate dropped from 9.26% Thursday to 4.83% on Friday. The county’s seven-day positivity rate decreased from 7.37% on Thursday to 6.35% on Friday.
As of Friday, 18 COVID-19 patients were in Madison County hospitals, up from 23 on Thursday. Two of those patients were on ventilators, the same as Thursday’s total.
Individuals diagnosed with the virus Friday ranged in age from under 10 to their 90s, and of the 59 new cases, 44 were people in their 40s or younger.
One county ZIP code reported a double digit increase Friday— 62025, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Roxana, Pontoon Beach: +12 for a total of 697.
Illinois reports new cases, deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 2,514 new positive cases and 25 additional deaths Friday.
A total of 283,885 Illinois residents have tested positive for COVID-19, and 8,563 people have died. Nearly 5.3 million tests for COVID-19 have been conducted, 69,793 of which were tested in the last 24 hours.
As of Thursday evening, when the latest data was available, 1,637 people in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19. According to IDPH, 371 of those patients were in the ICU and 124 were on ventilators.
Southwestern Illinois COVID-19 statistics
ZIP code-level numbers below are provided by the state each afternoon at dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid19-statistics. Madison and Macoupin counties compile their own statistics by ZIP code later in the day, so the numbers may differ from what appears on the Illinois Department of Public Health’s website. The Belleville News-Democrat reports the information county health departments provide.
ZIP codes with fewer than five cases of the virus are not reported by health officials. The number in parentheses after each ZIP code below reflects the change from the previous day’s cumulative total. A decrease reflects a correction.
All other information comes from local health departments. The “recoveries” figure refers to the number of people who completed the required isolation period in most counties.
Here are the latest available statistics for southwestern Illinois counties:
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Friday’s new data: 66 new positives, 1.457 new tests administered, 45 new recoveries, seven fewer hospitalizations, four additional patients on ventilators.
Total overall: 7,219 positives, 188 deaths, 84,851 tests administered, 6,562 recoveries, 50 hospitalizations with seven patients on ventilators.
Positivity rate as of Sept. 25: Daily, 4.5%; 7-day rolling average, 4.9%
ZIP codes with positives:
62059 (Brooklyn): 15 (+1)
62201 (East St. Louis): 241 (+5)
62203 (East St. Louis, Centreville, Washington Park, Caseyville): 205 (+1)
62204 (East St. Louis): 142
62205 (East St. Louis, Alorton, Centreville): 205 (+2)
62206 (East St. Louis, Cahokia): 439 (+5
62207 (East St. Louis, Centreville, Alorton): 247 (+1)
62208 (Fairview Heights): 430 (+1)
62220 (Belleville, Smithton): 574 (+3)
62221 (Belleville): 678 (+7)
62223 (Belleville, Swansea): 427 (+8)
62225 (Scott Air Force Base): 31
62226 (Belleville, Swansea): 742 (+8)
62232 (Fairview Heights, Caseyville): 194
62239 (Dupo): 111 (+7)
62240 (Dupo): 34 (+1)
62243 (Freeburg): 108
62254 (Lebanon): 267 (+7)
62255 (Lenzburg): 16
62257 (Marissa): 35
62258 (Mascoutah, Fayetteville): 191 (+1)
62260 (Millstadt): 145 (+1)
62264 (New Athens): 103 (+3)
62269 (O’Fallon): 559 (+2)
62282 (St. Libory): 12
62285 (Smithton): 112 (+1)
62289 (Summerfield): 6
MADISON COUNTY
Friday’s new data: 59 new cases, 1,221 new tests administered, five new deaths
Total overall: 5,577 positives, 136 deaths, 74,180 tests administered, 2,952 recoveries, 18 hospitalizations with two patients on ventilators
Positivity rate of of Sept. 25: Daily, 4,83%; 7-day rolling average, 6.35%
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62001 (Kaufman, Alhambra): 26
- 62002 (Alton, East Alton, Godfrey): 846 (+4)
- 62010 (Bethalto): 251 (+3)
- 62012 (Godfrey): 15
- 62018 (Alton, Bethalto, East Alton): 63 (+1)
- 62021 (Dorsey): 14
- 62024 (East Alton): 140
- 62025 (Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Pontoon Beach, Roxana): 697 (+12)
- 62034 (Glen Carbon): 290 (+3)
- 62035 (Godfrey): 440 (+9)
- 62040 (Granite City, Pontoon Beach): 824 (+7)
- 62046 (Hamel): 15 (+1)
- 62048 (Edwardsville, Granite City, Roxana, Hartford): 16
- 62060 (Granite City, Madison, Venice): 119
- 62061 (Marine): 33 (+1)
- 62062 (Maryville): 116
- 62067 (Moro): 57
62074 (New Douglas): 10 (+1)
- 62084 (Edwardsville, Wood River, Pontoon Beach, Roxana, South Roxana): 29
- 62087 (Edwardsville, Roxana, South Roxana, Hartford): 27
- 62088 (Staunton, Livingston, Williamson): 6
- 62090 (Madison, Venice): 32 (+1)
- 62095 (Wood River): 186 (+4)
- 62097 (Prairietown, Worden): 49
- 62201: (East St. Louis, Sauget, Fairmont City, Madison, National City): 6
- 62234 (Collinsville, Pontoon Beach, State Park Place): 577 (+3)
- 62249 (Highland): 329 (+2)
62275 (Pocahontas, Old Ripley, Jamestown): 21 (+1)
62281 (St. Jacob): 55 (+2)
62293: (St. Morgan): 8
- 62294 (Troy): 247 (+1)
CLINTON COUNTY
Friday’s new data: 26 new positives, 47 new recoveries
Total overall: 1,143 positives, 20 deaths, 927 recoveries, seven hospitalizations
Positivity rate as of Sept. 22: Daily, 11.8%; 7-day rolling average, 13.1%
ZIP codes with positives:
62215 (Albers, Damiansville): 50 (-1)
62216 (Aviston): 114 (+3)
62218 (Bartelso): 73 (+2)
62230 (Breese): 199 (+1)
62231 (Carlyle): 224 (+4)
62245 (Germantown): 55 (+1)
62265 (New Baden): 122 (+1)
62293 (Trenton): 110
62801 (Centralia): 316 (+5)
RANDOLPH COUNTY
Friday’s new data: 4 new positives, seven new recoveries
Total overall: 945 positives, 11 deaths, 12,220 tests administered, 888 recoveries
Positivity rate as of Sept. 22: Daily, 2.4%; 7-day rolling average, 3.1%
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62217 (Baldwin): 17
- 62233 (Chester): 349 (-2)
- 62237 (Coulterville): 63
- 62241 (Ellis Grove): 24 (+1)
- 62242 (Evansville): 24
- 62272 (Percy): 64
- 62277 (Prairie Du Rocher): 10
- 62278 (Red Bud): 146
- 62286 (Sparta): 158 (+2)
- 62288 (Steeleville): 100
- 62292 (Tilden): 6
- 62297 (Walsh): 6
- 62916 (Campbell Hill): 15
MONROE COUNTY
Friday’s new data: Nine new positives
Total overall: 656 positives, 15 deaths
Positivity rate as of Sept. 22: Daily, 18.2%; 7-day rolling average, 6.9%
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62236 (Columbia): 254 (+1)
- 62244 (Fults): 7
- 62295 (Valmeyer): 29
- 62298 (Waterloo): 323 (+2)
BOND COUNTY
Friday’s new data: Eight new positives
Total overall: 318 positives, six deaths, 14,498 tests administered, two hospitalizations
Positivity rate as of Sept. 22: Daily, 12%; 7-day rolling average, 13%
ZIP codes with positives:
62086 (Sorento): 12
62246 (Greenville): 200 (+7)
62262 (Mulberry Grove): 23 (+2)
62275 (Pocahontas, Old Ripley): 75 (-1)
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Friday’s new data: Six new positives
Total overall: 204 positives, one death, 170 recoveries
Positivity rate as of Sept. 22: Daily, 26.7%; 7-day rolling average, 12%
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62214 (Venedy, Addieville): 15
- 62263 (Nashville, New Minden): 83
- 62268 (Oakdale): 11
- 62271 (Okawville): 29
- 62808 (Ashley): 17
- 62848 (Irvington): 17
MACOUPIN COUNTY
Friday’s new data: No new data as of 4:30 p.m.
Total overall: 555 positives, nine deaths, 241 recoveries, four hospitalizations
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62009 (Benld, Sawyerville, Mount Clare): 11
- 62012 (Brighton): 118 (+1)
- 62014 (Bunker Hill): 41
62033 (Gillespie): 94 (+4)
62063 (Medora, Summerville, Kemper, Rockbridge): 8
62069 (Mount Olive): 32
- 62088 (Staunton): 104 (+4)
- 62626 (Carlinville): 66 (+1)
- 62640 (Girard): 15
- 62674 (Palmyra, Barr): 15
- 62685 (Royal Lakes, Plainview, Shipman): 15
- 62690 (Virden): 30
JERSEY COUNTY
Friday’s new data: No new data as of 4:30 p.m.
Total overall: 382 positives, 14 deaths, 310 recoveries, 5,963 tests administered
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62022 (Newbern): 22 (+1)
- 62028 (Elsah): 8
- 62031 (Fieldon): 10
- 62037 (Grafton): 33
- 62052 (Jerseyville): 249
PERRY COUNTY
Friday’s new data: No new data as of 4:30 p.m.
Total overall: 344 positives, 16 deaths, 309 recoveries
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62238 (Cutler): 15
- 62274 (Pinckneyville): 160
- 62832 (Du Quoin): 107
- 62888 (Tamaroa): 27
- 62997 (Willisville): 8
CALHOUN COUNTY
Friday’s new data: No new data
Total overall: 59 positives, 35 recoveries
ZIP codes with positives:
- 62036 (Golden Eagle): 7
- 62047 (Hardin): 13
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 Friday afternoon:
Illinois: 283,885 cases, 8,563 deaths
U.S.: 7,146,880 cases, 206,864 deaths, 4,400,591 recoveries
World: 32,192,581 cases, 983,546 deaths, 23,750,175 recoveries
Testing sites in southwestern Illinois
The St. Clair County Health Department has announced free COVID-19 testing in the following locations:
Friday, Sept. 25, through Sunday, Sept. 27: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at Cahokia Fitness Center, 509 Camp Jackson Road.
No appointment is necessary. Masks are required. Results may take up to a week to receive. Do not call for results. The St. Clair County Health Department will call when the results are available.
The IDPH 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 they meet their capacity per day) at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, Highway 64 West, exit 4A.
Capacity is limited. Hours of operation are subject to change based on available equipment. For more information, visit http://dph.illinois.gov/testing.
Additionally, Touchette Regional Hospital and SIHF Healthcare offer daily testing in Belleville and Wood River by first calling 618-646-2596 for an appointment.
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You can also find the most complete and up-to-date information from government sites including:
- State of Illinois’ COVID-19 page: coronavirus.illinois.gov
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html
- Federal government’s coronavirus page: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Who to call about mental health
Here are some resources from mental health professionals for anyone struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- 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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