20 long-term care facilities in Mercer County report 440 Covid-19 cases

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Twenty long-term facilities in Mercer County have reported a total of 440 cases of Covid-19 and 49 deaths, according to data released by the New Jersey Department of Health today. The state began providing facility-by-facility information Friday.

Hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis are Bear Creek Assisted Living in West Windsor, with 37 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 8 deaths, and Water’s Edge Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Trenton, with 73 cases and 9 deaths. See complete chart below.

Overall, the state reports that there have been 2,591 positive test results for Covid-19 and 122 deaths in Mercer County. Statewide there have now been a reported 88,806 total cases and 4,377 deaths.

Mercer County also reports local case counts by municipality. The latest information there is from April 18, lagging several days behind state data.

Trenton now has 614 reported cases, the most in Mercer, followed by Hamilton with 459, East Windsor with 291 and Ewing with 223. Pennington has also seen a small spike in recent days, with reported cases rising from 3 on Wednesday to 10 on Saturday.

On its website, Hamilton has reported data through today that includes 558 cases and 35 deaths. Hamilton also reports 170 recoveries. Mercer County does not provide recovery data for all towns in the county.

The state’s report shows that 14 people in Hamilton have died in long-term-care facilities from Covid-19-related causes.

Facility NameMunicipalityCovid cases confirmedTotal Number of Covid DeathsAcorn GlenPrinceton7Artis Senior Living Princeton JunctionWest Windsor191Atrium Post Acute Care in HamiltonHamilton111Bear Creek Assisted LivingWest Windsor378Brandywine Living at PenningtonPennington7CareOne HamiltonHamilton11Clover Meadows Healthcare and Rehab CenterLawrence256Greenwood HouseEwing Township254Hamilton Continuing CareHamilton366Hamilton GroveHamilton162Homestead at HamiltonHamilton4Meadow Lakes East WindsorEast Windsor162Mercerville CenterHamilton485Preferred Care at MercerEwing422Princeton Care CenterPrinceton143Providence Nursing and RehabTrenton21Rose Hill Assisted LivingRobbinsville4St Lawrence Rehab CenterLawrence12St. Josephs Morris HallLawrence12Water’s Edge Healthcare and Rehabilitation CenterTrenton739

source: State of New Jersey

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