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Centre County Adds 191 COVID-19 Cases Over 2 Days; Pennsylvania Reports 16,695 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 12-26-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for Dec. 26, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported 191 new COVID-19 cases over the past two days — 135 on Saturday and 56 on Sunday — to increase its total to 25,363, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 22,889 are confirmed and 2,474 are probable.

Pennsylvania added 16,695 new COVID-19 positives over the two days — 9,856 on Saturday and 6,839 on Sunday — to bring the statewide total to 1,954,488.

The county also had 24 new negative results, bringing the total to 86,549. Statewide, there were 10,757 new negatives for a total of 6,059,523.

Deaths

DOH has not updated COVID-19 death statistics since Friday. As of the last update, Centre County has had 283 attributed to the virus, including 25 reported this month. Pennsylvania has 36,050 COVID-19 deaths.

Hospitalizations

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 52 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, a decrease of eight since Friday. Four are in intensive care [-1] and four are on ventilators [+2]

Pennsylvania has 4,359 COVID-19 inpatients, 66 fewer than on Friday, with 902 in intensive care [-2] and 551 on ventilators [-9].

An estimated 89% 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.

Prison cases

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has six active COVID-19 cases among inmates and 20 among staff.

Rockview state prison has 27 active inmate cases and seven among staff.

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,531 inmates are fully vaccinated, eight are partially vaccinated and 191 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 295 are fully vaccinated and 333 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,684 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 64 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 341 are fully vaccinated and 376 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 Sunday morning, 90,823 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 44 since Friday, and 12,260 are partially covered [+100]. Booster doses have been administered to 35,085 county residents [+267].

Among the county’s entire population, 65.2% have received at least one dose and 56.7% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 70.5% have received at least one dose and 61.3% are fully vaccinated.

Statewide, 73.8% of adults and 63.5% of the total population are fully vaccinated.

Vaccination appointments through Centre Volunteers in MedicineMount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.

All individuals age 16 and older are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.

Centre County’s cases by zip code:

*Note: Changes since Friday are in bracketsSpecific 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): 7,050 confirmed [+44], 654 probable [+4]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 4,439 confirmed [+35], 407 probable

16803 (State College): 2,150 confirmed [+25], 338 probable [+2]

16802 (University Park): 1,671 confirmed, 104 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,454 confirmed [+15], 237 probable [+2]

16870 (Port Matilda): 849 confirmed [+11], 117 probable

16841 (Howard): 769 confirmed [+7], 86 probable [+1]

16828 (Centre Hall): 545 confirmed [+5], 57 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 516 confirmed [+1], 61 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 492 confirmed [+7], 70 probable [+1]

16844 (Julian): 404 confirmed [+6], 48 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 396 confirmed [+2], 30 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 215 confirmed [+1], 12 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 208 confirmed [+1], 24 probable [+1]

16874 (Snow Shoe): 210 confirmed [+3], 31 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 176 confirmed, 14 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 143 confirmed [+3], 13 probable [+1]

16854 (Millheim): 134 confirmed [+1], 13 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 132 confirmed, 25 probable

16829 (Clarence): 127 confirmed, 26 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 111 confirmed, 13 probable

16851 (Lemont): 100 confirmed [+2], 21 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 72 confirmed, 5 probable

16832 (Coburn): 65 confirmed [+1], 5 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 55 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 46 confirmed, 7 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 37 confirmed, 9 probable

16835 (Fleming): 38 confirmed [+2], 8 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 36 confirmed [+1], 5 probable

16882 (Woodward): 28 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 15 confirmed

16804 (State College): 14 confirmed

16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 22,739 [+79]

Clearfield: 14,233 [+79]

Mifflin: 9,074 [+46]

Union: 8,851 [+35]

Huntingdon: 8,362 [+39]

Clinton: 6,636 [+32]