Dozens Of Coronavirus Cases, Deaths At Lake County Nursing Homes

LAKE COUNTY, IL— The Illinois Department of Public Health released information over the weekend regarding the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in nursing homes across the state. The newly released data includes information on confirmed cases at Lake County long-term care facilities. As of Sunday, 33 deaths and 150 cases have been reported at nursing homes across the county.

Wauconda Care is among the nursing homes hit the hardest in the state with 33 confirmed cases and six deaths.

On Sunday, more than 22 percent of those who've died of the coronavirus statewide were residents of nursing homes, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. State health officials say 100 Illinois nursing homes have reported at least one case of the virus.

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Lake County:

Belmont Village

Confirmed Cases: 2
Deaths: 1

Brookdale - Hawthorn Lakes

Confirmed Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Cedar Lake

Confirmed Cases: 15
Deaths: 5

Claridge Health Center

Confirmed Cases: 12
Deaths: 2

Elevate Care Riverwoods

Confirmed Cases: 4
Deaths: 1

Elevate Care Waukegan

Confirmed Cases: 6
Deaths: 2

Lake Forest Place

Confirmed Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

Lexington of Lake

Confirmed Cases: 9
Deaths: 4

Radford Green at Sedgebrook

Confirmed Cases: 6
Deaths: 1

Rolling Hills Manor

Confirmed Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Sheridan at Green Oaks

Confirmed Cases: 6
Deaths: 0

Sunrise Senior Living of Gurnee

Confirmed Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Terrace Nursing Home

Confirmed Cases: 4
Deaths: 1

The Auberge At Highland Park

Confirmed Cases: 2
Deaths: 1

The Grove By the Lake

Confirmed Cases: 25
Deaths: 5

Victory Lakes Continuing Care Center

Confirmed Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Warren Barr North Shore

Confirmed Cases: 6
Deaths: 3

Wauconda Care

Confirmed Cases: 33
Deaths: 6

Whitehall of Deerfield

Confirmed Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

Winchester House

Confirmed Cases: 6
Deaths: 1

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people 65 and older and those with other health conditions are at high risk of severe illness from the coronavirus. Nursing home residents tend to be older, and many have other health conditions — diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, lung disease, or immune deficiencies — that contribute to higher death rates.

In addition, residential facilities like nursing homes can exacerbate the spread of the virus since residents live in close proximity, interacting with each other and health workers on a regular basis. Even in normal times, nursing home residents are at higher risk of infections than the general public.

A Kaiser Health analysis found that 76 percent of nursing homes in Illinois have been cited in recent years for problems with infection control, including workers' failure to wash their hands or wear appropriate protective gear when dealing with contagious patients.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on Saturday he is "frustrated" with the spread of the virus in Illinois nursing homes and outlined some steps the state is taking to control infections in residential care facilities.

"We have a strike team that goes into a nursing home when we discover there's an outbreak," Pritzker said. "We bring in infectious disease specialists to make sure they're wearing their PPE properly, and that they understand what the policies and procedures need to be where there's an outbreak."

Patch has reached out to several of the facilities listed above, and will update this story as new information becomes available through their responses.