Centre County reported 134 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday — its highest increase since Feb. 9 — to bring its total to 14,817, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Pennsylvania’s added 5,343 new cases, bringing the statewide total to 1,038,749.
The county also had 189 additional negative test results, increasing its total to 65,314. Across Pennsylvania, there were 11,233 new negatives for a total of 4,162,432.
Positivity rates in the county and statewide also continued to climb over the last week. For the week of March 26-April 1, Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate was 10.3%, up from 9.2% the previous seven days, according to the updated DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. Pennsylvania’s statewide positivity rate was 9.4%, up from 7.7% the previous week.
For the 28th consecutive day, DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents on Saturday, keeping the total at 213.
With 40 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 25,188.
According to the state’s hospital preparedness dashboard, which includes Mount Nittany Medical Center and rehabilitation hospitals, 25 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, with one in intensive care and on a ventilator.
With COVID-19 inpatient numbers at their highest level in two months, Mount Nittany is restricting visitors at the medical center beginning Saturday. Patients at the hospital will not be permitted visitors, except in special circumstances. Emergency department patients can be accompanied by a caregiver or support person, provided the patient is not “under investigation for COVID-19, or COVID positive.”
The statewide rise in hospitalizations continued with 2,187 COVID-19 inpatients, including 422 in intensive care and 207 on ventilators, across Pennsylvania as of Saturday morning.
Nursing and personal care homes in Centre County reported one new case among residents. A total of 18 long-term care facilities in the county have had a combined 723 resident cases, 154 employee cases and 162 resident deaths.
An estimated 90% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.
A total of 46,575 people in Centre County are at least partially covered by the COVID-19 vaccine. The total includes 27,920 who are fully covered, either through the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or both required doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, according to health department data.
Among Pennsylvania’s cases, 883,063 are confirmed and 155,686 are probable. In Centre County, 13,520 are confirmed and 1,297 are probable.
Centre County’s cases by zip code, according to available DOH data:
*Note: Changes are in brackets. Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department.
16801 (State College): 5,143 confirmed [+46], 368 probable [-3]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,407 confirmed [+17], 210 probable [+3]
16803 (State College): 1,290 confirmed [+11], 159 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,210 confirmed [+39], 53 probable [-4]
16866 (Philipsburg): 797 confirmed [+1], 119 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 454 confirmed [+4], 67 probable
16841 (Howard): 370 confirmed [+6], 41 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 264 confirmed [+1], 9 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 262 confirmed, 30 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 261 confirmed [+1], 37 probable [-1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 252 confirmed [+1], 35 probable [+1]
16844 (Julian): 185 confirmed [+2], 20 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 123 confirmed [+1], 6 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 104 confirmed, 16 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 97 confirmed, 13 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 79 confirmed, 9 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 72 confirmed [-1], 8 probable
16829 (Clarence): 66 confirmed [+2], 13 probable
16854 (Millheim): 64 confirmed [+1], 6 probable [-1]
16872 (Rebersburg): 61 confirmed, 6 probable
16851 (Lemont): 55 confirmed, 5 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 48 confirmed, 16 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 42 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 29 confirmed, 6 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 27 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 26 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 25 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 17 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed
16835 (Fleming): 12 confirmed [+1], 6 probable
16804 (State College): 10 confirmed
16882 (Woodward): 8 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Among Centre County’s bordering counties, Blair now has 11,265 [+69] total cases, Clearfield has 7,319 [+43], Union has 5,448 [+15], Mifflin has 4,826 [+9], Huntingdon has 4,601 [+12] and Clinton has 3,158 [+17].
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