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Southwestern Illinois nursing homes, care centers add 214 new COVID cases in past week

Belleville News-Democrat - 11/8/2020

Nov. 8--In the past week, 214 more people who live or work in local nursing homes or other long-term care facilities have contracted the new 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 2,610 cases of the virus and 304 deaths tied to long-term care centers in the metro-east region -- across St. Clair, Madison, Clinton, Monroe, Bond, Randolph and Washington counties.

Of the people to contract the virus since last week, 65 were from Madison County, 57 from Randolph County, 45 from Clinton County, 26 from Monroe County, 20 from St. Clair County and one from Bond County.

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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. No update was provided Nov. 6.

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: 1,012 people infected (including presumptive positives) and 130 deaths as of Friday, an increase of 20 new infections and two deaths since Oct. 30. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 10% of the infections countywide and 57% of the deaths.

--156-bed facility Four Fountains in Belleville -- 117 people infected, including 29 deaths (Outbreak 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 -- 78 people, including 12 deaths (First reported April 24.)

--140-bed facility BRIA of Belleville -- 71 people, including eight deaths (First reported April 19.)

--Dammert Center at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows -- 61 people, including 10 deaths (First reported June 23. Two new infections and two deaths announced since Oct. 30.)

--101-bed facility Integrity Healthcare of Smithton -- 60 people, including 10 deaths (First reported Sept. 2.)

--108-bed facility St. Paul's Home in Belleville -- 60 people, including 15 deaths (First reported April 24.)

--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 -- 44 people, including eight deaths (First reported May 12.)

--133-bed facility BRIA of Cahokia -- 44 people, including three deaths, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (First reported May 2.)

--Caritas Family Solutions in Belleville region -- 43 people (First reported May 4.)

--Caseyville Nursing and Rehab -- 35 people, including two deaths (First reported May 28.)

--150-bed facility Autumn Meadows in Cahokia -- 26 people, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (First reported June 26.)

--120-bed facility Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea -- 22 people (First reported June 17. One new infection announced since Oct. 30.)

--Brightly Senior Living -- 20 people (First reported Oct. 16.)

--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 tested positive for COVID-19.

--Cedarhurst of Shiloh -- 16 people (First reported May 24.)

--Bradford Place in Swansea -- 11 people (First reported July 14. Two new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--118-bed facility Freeburg Care Center -- 10 people (First reported Aug. 9. Two new infections announced since Oct. 30.) Freeburg Care Center administrator Amy Bonta previously said seven people who tested positive for COVID-19 are employees.

--180-bed facility Integrity Healthcare in Belleville -- 10 people (First reported July 1.)

--Knollwood Retirement Center in Caseyville -- nine people, including one death (First reported May 14.)

--Parkway Gardens in Fairview Heights -- eight people, including one death (First reported Aug. 11.)

--76-bed facility Mar-Ka Nursing and Rehab -- eight people (First reported Nov. 1.)

--TDL Inc. in Belleville -- eight people (First reported May 6.)

--55-bed facility Aperion Care Center in Mascoutah -- seven people (First reported Sept. 4.)

--Cambridge House in O'Fallon -- six people (First reported Aug. 13.)

--Help at Home in Belleville -- six people, including one death (First reported May 23.)

--Colonnade Senior Living in O'Fallon -- six people (First reported April 19.)

--Sycamore Village -- five people (First reported Nov. 3.)

--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: 971 people infected and 112 deaths as of Friday, an increase of 65 new infections and one death since Oct. 30. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 12% of the infections countywide and 69% of the deaths.

--109-bed facility Stearns Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Granite City -- 111 people, including 20 deaths

--120-bed facility Edwardsville Care Center -- 106 people, including 22 deaths

--70-bed facility Meridian Village -- 89 people, including five deaths

--Beverly Farm in Godfrey -- 85 people, including one death

--University Care Center -- 82 people, including two deaths (37 new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--128-bed facility Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon -- 79 people, including 21 deaths

--180-bed facility Riverside Rehab and Healthcare -- 71 people, including 17 deaths (One new infection announced since Oct. 30.)

--64-bed facility Alton Memorial Rehab and Therapy -- 63 people, including 11 deaths (Three new infections and one death announced since Oct. 30.)

--68-bed facility Integrity of Godfrey -- 60 people, including eight deaths

--Alton Mental Health Center -- 57 people, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services (Two new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--Liberty Village -- 38 people (20 new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--Cedarhurst of Collinsville -- 15 people, including one death

--104-bed facility Elmwood Nursing and Rehab in Maryville -- 13 people

--Evergreen Place in Alton -- 12 people, including one death

--Cedarhurst of Bethalto -- 11 people

--116-bed facility Care Center at Center Grove in Edwardsville -- 10 people

--Cedarhurst of Highland -- 10 people. The staff and residents who tested positive have since tested negative, according to the facility.

--Cedarhurst of Godfrey -- 10 people

--181-bed facility Integrity Healthcare of Alton -- six people

--94-bed facility Collinsville Rehabilitation and Healthcare -- six people, including two deaths

--Alhambra Rehab and Healthcare -- six people

--Villas of Holly Brook in Bethalto -- six people

--Cambridge House of Maryville -- five people

--Hitz Memorial Home in Alhambra -- four people

--Eden Village Retirement Community -- four people

--86-bed facility Granite City Nursing and Rehab -- three people, including one death

--Faith Countryside -- three people

--Faith Countryside Homes Assisted Living -- two people (Newly reported Friday.)

--Cedarhurst of Edwardsville -- two people

--Highland Healthcare -- two people

CLINTON COUNTY

Total: 314 people infected and 29 deaths as of Friday, an increase of 45 new infections and 11 deaths since Oct. 30. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 15% of the infections countywide and 83% of the deaths.

--109-bed facility Carlyle HealthCare Center -- 102 people, including 15 deaths (10 new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--Warren G. Murray Developmental Center -- 78 people, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services (Four new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--112-bed facility Breese Nursing Home -- 47 people, including seven deaths (Nine new infections and six deaths announced since Oct. 30.)

--Clinton Manor Living Facility -- 44 people, including one death

--97-bed facility Aviston Countryside Manor -- 36 people, including six deaths (22 new infections and five deaths announced since Oct. 30.)

--Villa Catherine -- seven people

MONROE COUNTY

Total: 179 people infected and 27 deaths as of Friday, an increase of 26 new infections and one death since Oct. 30. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 15% of the infections countywide and 73% of the deaths.

--144-bed facility Oak Hill in Waterloo -- 103 people, including 13 deaths (Nine new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--Garden Place Columbia -- 38 people, including 11 deaths

--Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo -- 19 people (13 new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--119-bed facility Integrity Healthcare-Columbia Rehab and Care Center -- 19 people, including three deaths (Four new infections and one death announced since Oct. 30.)

RANDOLPH COUNTY

Total: 91 people infected and one death as of Friday, an increase of 57 new infections since Oct. 30. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 6% of the infections countywide and 5% of the deaths.

--115-bed facility Red Bud Regional Care Center -- 58 people, including one death (43 new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--75-bed facility Coulterville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center -- 20 people (14 new infections announced since Oct. 30.)

--Cedarhurst of Sparta -- 10 people

--83-bed facility Three Springs Lodge -- three people

BOND COUNTY

Total: 41 people infected and four deaths as of Friday, an increase of one new infection since Oct. 30. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 6% of the infections countywide and 40% of the deaths.

--90-bed facility Greenville Nursing and Rehab -- 21 people, including one death

--Cedarhurst of Greenville -- 20 people, including three deaths (One new infection announced since Oct. 30.)

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Total: Two people infected and one death as of Friday. Long-term care facility residents and staff accounted for 1% of the infections countywide and 50% of the deaths.

--Washington County Hospital, long-term care unit -- two people, including one death

State discrepancies

The Illinois Department of Public Health's update did not match information from St. Clair County Health Departments for 11 long-term care centers on Friday.

The Department of Public Health said there were more cases or deaths at the locations, including two facilities where St. Clair County has not reported outbreaks.

The St. Clair County Health Department has not responded to a Belleville News-Democrat query about the long-term care centers that are not included in its report on outbreaks.

The BND has not included numbers announced by the state in calculating totals if a county health department reports lower numbers.

The state relies on 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.

The BND uses Illinois Department of Public Health data when local health departments do not provide updates.

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