Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 134 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 12,748 New Positives

Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 134 more cases of the virus on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The death is the county’s 318th since the start of the pandemic and 29th reported this month. The new cases bring the county’s total to 32,541 (29,041 confirmed and 3,500 probable).

Centre County’s moving seven-day average for new cases is 215, down from 251 a week ago.

Pennsylvania reported 12,748 new positives to increase the statewide total to 2,605,439. The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 14,187, down from 22,551 a week ago.

With 183 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 39,932.

Hospitalizations

Mount Nittany Medical Center has 55 COVID-19 inpatients, nine more than on Tuesday, with four in intensive care [-1] and three on ventilators.

The patients range in age from 20 to 96, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Twenty-three are fully vaccinated and 32 are not vaccinated.

Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 hospitalizations declined for the 10th consecutive day and fell below 6,000 for the first time in three weeks. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 5,789 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized statewide, 273 fewer than on Tuesday, with 909 patients in intensive care [-30] and 590 on ventilators [+4].

Nursing and Personal Care Home Cases

Long-term care facilities in Centre County reported four new COVID-19 cases among residents and four among among employees. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 740 resident cases, 710 employee cases and 180 resident deaths.

Prison cases

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has four active COVID-19 cases among inmates and 23 among staff.

Rockview state prison has 55 active inmate cases and 47 among staff [+1].

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,472 inmates are fully vaccinated, 12 are partially vaccinated and 196 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 307 are fully vaccinated and 321 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,695 inmates who are fully vaccinated, one who is partially vaccinated and 60 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 344 are fully vaccinated and 373 are not vaccinated.

Transmission level

All 67 counties in Pennsylvania are at the highest level for community transmission of COVID-19 on the Centers for Disease Control scale, according to the latest county-level data update.

Transmission levels are based on positivity rate and cases per 100,000 people for the previous seven days. At the substantial and high levels, CDC guidance recommends all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in public indoor settings.

Vaccinations

As of Wednesday morning, 92,707 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 54 since Tuesday, and 13,979 are partially covered [+21]. Booster doses have been administered to 46,432 county residents [+142].

Among the county’s entire population, 68.2% have received at least one dose, 58.1% are fully vaccinated and 48.7% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 73.5% have received at least one dose, 62.4% are fully vaccinated and 51.3% have received a booster.

Statewide, 75.3% of adults and 65.4% of the total population are fully vaccinated.

Vaccination appointments are available through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.

All individuals age 12 and older are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.

Centre County’s cases by zip code:

*Note: Changes are in brackets. Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department. Cases are not always immediately assigned zip codes.

16801 (State College): 8,219 confirmed [+25], 1,024 probable [+1]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 5,663 confirmed [+31], 528 probable [+1]

16803 (State College): 2,971 confirmed [+13], 569 probable [+1]

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,847 confirmed [+12], 282 probable [+3]

16802 (University Park): 1,797 confirmed [+7], 217 probable [-2]

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,157 confirmed [+4], 154 probable

16841 (Howard): 988 confirmed [+4], 94 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 697 confirmed [+4], 78 probable [+2]

16827 (Boalsburg): 678 confirmed, 88 probable [+1]

16875 (Spring Mills): 615 confirmed [+1], 69 probable

16844 (Julian): 510 confirmed [+2], 50 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 484 confirmed [+1], 34 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 265 confirmed [+4], 19 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 260 confirmed [+5], 30 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 255 confirmed, 38 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 227 confirmed [+2], 15 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 205 confirmed [+1], 18 probable

16829 (Clarence): 169 confirmed [+5], 25 probable

16854 (Millheim): 166 confirmed [+1], 15 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 165 confirmed [+1], 24 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 146 confirmed [+2], 16 probable

16851 (Lemont): 140 confirmed [+1], 24 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 94 confirmed, 6 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 86 confirmed [+3], 10 probable

16832 (Coburn): 84 confirmed [+1], 8 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 68 confirmed, 6 probable

16835 (Fleming): 55 confirmed, 8 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 47 confirmed [+1], 10 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 42 confirmed, 5 probable

16882 (Woodward): 37 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16804 (State College): 18 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 18 confirmed

16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 26,975 [+206]

Clearfield: 17,489 [+93]

Mifflin: 11,061 [+91]

Union: 10,736 [+48]

Huntingdon: 10,412 [+49]

Clinton: 8,297 [+63]