Centre County registered two new COVID-19 deaths and 182 more cases of the virus on Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The county now has 300 deaths attributed to the virus since the start of the pandemic, including 11 reported in 2022. The new cases bring the county’s total to 28,916 (26,093 confirmed and 2,823 probable).
Centre County’s moving seven-day average for new cases is 283.
Pennsylvania reported 22,245 new COVID-19 positives to bring the statewide total to 2,316,537. It was the commonwealth’s lowest increase since Jan. 3. The statewide seven-day average is 28,153.
With 213 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, Pennsylvania’s total is now 37,899.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center has 42 COVID-19 inpatients, five fewer than on Monday, with seven in intensive care and seven on ventilators.
The patients range in age from 27 to 93, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Twelve are fully vaccinated and 30 are not vaccinated.
For the sixth consecutive day, Pennsylvania hospitals had a record number of COVID-19 inpatients, surpassing 7,000 for the first time. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard 7,149 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized statewide, 258 more than on Monday, with 1,112 patients in intensive care [+34] and 669 on ventilators [+13].
Prison cases
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has one active COVID-19 case among inmates, one fewer than on Monday, and 14 among staff [-8].
Rockview state prison has four active inmate cases [-1] and 37 among staff [-11].
Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,496 inmates are fully vaccinated, 13 are partially vaccinated and 193 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 307 are fully vaccinated and 321 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,703 inmates who are fully vaccinated, one who is partially vaccinated and 61 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 339 are fully vaccinated [-1] and 378 are not vaccinated [+1].
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 Tuesday morning, 91,812 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 122 since the last DOH update on Sunday, and 13,388 are partially covered [+86]. Booster doses have been administered to 39,386 county residents [+786].
Among the county’s entire population, 66.9% have received at least one dose and 57.4% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 72.2% have received at least one dose and 61.8% are fully vaccinated.
Statewide, 74.6% of adults and 64.5% of the total population are fully vaccinated.
Vaccination appointments 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): 7,712 confirmed [+29], 763 probable [+22]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 5,003 confirmed [+40], 457 probable [+3]
16803 (State College): 2,660 confirmed [+23], 433 probable [+21]
16802 (University Park): 1.704 confirmed [+1], 118 probable [+5]
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,589 confirmed [+7], 269 probable [+8]
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,012 confirmed [+3], 130 probable
16841 (Howard): 869 confirmed [+4], 89 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 619 confirmed, 68 probable [+1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 607 confirmed [+3], 76 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 557 confirmed [+2], 64 probable [+1]
16844 (Julian): 462 confirmed, 48 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 426 confirmed [+4], 30 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 239 confirmed [+1], 13 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 235 confirmed, 34 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 229 confirmed, 27 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 196 confirmed, 13 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 176 confirmed, 16 probable
16854 (Millheim): 149 confirmed, 15 probable [+1]
16820 (Aaronsburg): 147 confirmed, 24 probable
16829 (Clarence): 142 confirmed [+1], 25 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 132 confirmed [+3], 12 probable
16851 (Lemont): 125 confirmed, 22 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 87 confirmed, 5 probable
16832 (Coburn): 69 confirmed, 7 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 65 confirmed, 9 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 63 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16835 (Fleming): 52 confirmed, 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 43 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 36 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 32 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16804 (State College): 17 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 16 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 24,250 [+91]
Clearfield: 15,401 [+119]
Mifflin: 9,842 [+45]
Union: 9,545 [+46]
Huntingdon: 9,059 [+38]
Clinton: 7,384 [+51]
