Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 97 more cases of the virus on Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The death is the county’s 254th since the start of the pandemic and 10th reported this month.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 22,114 (19,920 confirmed and 2,194 probable).
Pennsylvania added 6,424 cases to bring the statewide total to 1,680,752.
With 86 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 32,911.
The county also had 111 new negative test results, bringing its total of 84,054. Statewide, there were 6,709 negatives for a total of 5,850,793.
Hospitalizations
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 36 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, two more than on Friday, with four in intensive care [+2] and two on ventilators.
For the week of Nov. 12-Nov. 18, Centre County had 31 average daily COVID hospitalizations, down from 32 the previous seven days, according to the updated Department of Health early warning monitoring dashboard.
Pennsylvania has 3,095 COVID-19 inpatients, unchanged from Friday, with 738 in intensive care [+36] and 394 on ventilators [+13], according to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard. The statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are the most since Feb. 4.
Statewide there were 2,860.4 average daily COVID hospitalizations from Nov. 12 to 18, up from 2,567.7 the prior week.
An estimated 92% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation that considers a case as recovered if it has not been reported as a death and it is more than 30 days past the date of the first positive test or onset of symptoms.
Positivity rate
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of Nov. 12-18 was 10.1%, up from 8.2% the previous seven days, according to the monitoring dashboard. The rate was 11th lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 341 new cases for that seven-day period, 80 more than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 11.7%, up from 10.2% the previous seven days. The commonwealth had 29,663 new positives between Nov. 12-18, 4,545 more than the prior week.
Cases Among Children
For the 2021-2022 school year, DOH is providing weekly updated case counts for two age groups: 0-4 capturing preschool and daycare age children and 5-18 capturing kindergarten through high school age children. The case counts do not necessarily represent exposure in school or daycare settings and the location of exposure cannot be determined in most cases.
For the week of Nov. 10-16, there were eight new cases among children in the 0-4 age group and 53 in the 5-18 age group in Centre County. About 20% of all cases in Centre County that week were among children 0-18.
Since Aug. 16, there have been 914 cases among individuals between the ages of 0 and 18 in Centre County — 136 between the ages of 0-4 and 778 between the ages of 5 and 18 — representing about 21% of all cases during that time.
Prison cases
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has 75 active COVID-19 cases among inmates — unchanged from Friday and three times more than the second highest state correctional facility — and 16 among staff. Rockview state prison has three active inmate cases and four among staff. Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,574 inmates are fully vaccinated, 14 are partially vaccinated and 198 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 277 are fully vaccinated and 351 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,660 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 61 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 325 are fully vaccinated and 392 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 on Friday.
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 Saturday morning morning, 86,099 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+178 since Friday] and 10,576 are partially covered [+79]. Third doses have been administered to 19,713 county residents [+604].
Among the county’s entire population, 70.8% have received at least one dose and 55.8% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 77.6% have received at least one dose and 62.1% are fully vaccinated.
Statewide, 73.4% of adults and 61.9% of the total population are fully vaccinated. Pennsylvania is fifth in the nation for total doses administered, according the CDC.
Vaccination appointments through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.
All adults 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): 6,517 confirmed [+5], 586 probable [+3]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,736 confirmed [+40], 368 probable [+4]
16803 (State College): 1,842 confirmed, 282 probable [+1]
16802 (University Park): 1,601 confirmed, 93 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,218 confirmed [+7], 207 probable [+2]
16870 (Port Matilda): 723 confirmed [+2], 107 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 651 confirmed [+2], 77 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 469 confirmed [+2], 50 probable [-1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 463 confirmed [+4], 57 probable [+1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 424 confirmed [+3], 60 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 335 confirmed, 22 probable
16844 (Julian): 336 confirmed [+3], 40 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 185 confirmed, 12 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 182 confirmed, 22 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 159 confirmed, 27 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 143 confirmed [+1], 13 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 119 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16829 (Clarence): 115 confirmed, 23 probable
16854 (Millheim): 112 confirmed [+1], 11 probable [+1]
16820 (Aaronsburg): 110 confirmed [+1], 24 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 98 confirmed, 11 probable
16851 (Lemont): 84 confirmed, 16 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 60 confirmed, 5 probable
16832 (Coburn): 60 confirmed, 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 49 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 43 confirmed, 6 probable
16835 (Fleming): 33 confirmed, 7 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 32 confirmed, 8 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 32 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 14 confirmed
16804 (State College): 13 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 19,813 [+143]
Clearfield: 12,312 [+48]
Union: 7,933 [+20]
Mifflin: 7,861 [+35]
Huntingdon: 7,364 [+23]
Clinton: 5,776 [+35]
