Centre County recorded two new COVID-19 deaths and 88 more cases of the virus on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The county has now had 326 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since March 2020. The new cases bring the county’s total to 33,604 (29,914 confirmed and 3,690 probable).
Centre County’s moving seven-day average for new cases is is 120, down from 211 a week ago and 244 two weeks ago.
Pennsylvania reported 7,246 new COVID-19 positives on Thursday to bring the statewide total to 2,681,717.
It was the fifth consecutive day with fewer than 10,000 new cases statewide. The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 8,512, down from 14,078 a week ago and 21,217 two weeks ago.
With 171 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 41,199.
Hospitalizations
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 44 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, with four in intensive care [-1] and two on ventilators.
Mount Nittany Medical Center did not yet update its COVID inpatient dashboard with information about patient ages and vaccination status as of 1 p.m. on Thursday.
Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to decline. According to DOH, 4,155 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 162 fewer than on Wednesday, with 684 patients in intensive care [-28] and 445 on ventilators [-8].
Nursing and personal care home cases
Long-term care facilities in Centre County recorded five new COVID-19 cases among employees. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 749 resident cases, 726 employee cases and 182 resident deaths.
Prison cases
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has 22 active COVID-19 cases among inmates, two more than on Wednesday, and 15 among staff.
Rockview state prison has 24 active inmate cases and 18 among staff.
Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,479 inmates are fully vaccinated, 13 are partially vaccinated and 193 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 310 are fully vaccinated and 318 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,704 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 61 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 Thursday morning, 93,155 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 58 since Wednesday, and 14,038 are partially covered [-8]. Booster doses have been administered to 47,362 county residents [+93].
Among the county’s entire population, 68.6% have received at least one dose, 58.4% are fully vaccinated and 49.6% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 73.9% have received at least one dose, 62.6% are fully vaccinated and 52.2% have received a booster.
Statewide, 75.7% of adults and 65.9% 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: Increases 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): 8,349 confirmed [+10], 1,091 probable [+4]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 5,913 confirmed [+21], 548 probable [+2]
16803 (State College): 3,079 confirmed [+8], 617 probable [+4]
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,937 confirmed [+17], 289 probable [+3]
16802 (University Park): 1,807 confirmed [+1], 252 probable [+2]
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,198 confirmed [+2], 161 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,025 confirmed [+7], 95 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 750 confirmed [+6], 80 probable [+2]
16827 (Boalsburg): 700 confirmed [+2], 94 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 627 confirmed [+1], 70 probable
16844 (Julian): 520 confirmed, 52 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 504 confirmed [+1], 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 281 confirmed [+3], 30 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 274 confirmed, 19 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 262 confirmed [+3], 35 probable [-1]
16826 (Blanchard): 233 confirmed, 15 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 215 confirmed [+3], 20 probable
16829 (Clarence): 175 confirmed, 24 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 173 confirmed [+1], 24 probable
16854 (Millheim): 170 confirmed, 16 probable [+1]
16872 (Rebersburg): 155 confirmed [+1], 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 149 confirmed, 24 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 95 confirmed, 6 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 91 confirmed [+1], 10 probable
16832 (Coburn): 85 confirmed, 8 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 72 confirmed [+1], 6 probable
16835 (Fleming): 58 confirmed [+1], 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 42 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 38 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16804 (State College): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 18 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 28,085 [+98]
Clearfield: 18,234 [+99]
Mifflin: 11,655 [+64]
Union: 11,128 [+38]
Huntingdon: 10,941 [+55]
Clinton: 8,615 [+38]
