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Centre County Adds 24 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 2,899 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 8-29-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for Aug. 29, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported 24 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday to increase its total to 17,618, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases, 16,003 are confirmed and 1,615 are probable

Pennsylvania added 2,899 new positives to bring the statewide total to 1,294,730.

The county also reported 94 negative test results for a total of 75,289. Statewide, there were 8,444 new negatives for a total of 5,130,589.

Transmission Level

Centre County remains 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 Sunday afternoon. The county had been at substantial, the second highest level, for three weeks until Friday.

Across Pennsylvania, 66 of 67 counties are at the high level, with only Snyder County at substantial.

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.

Deaths

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents on Sunday, keeping its total at 230 for the 10th consecutive day.

With five new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 28,213.

Hospitalizations

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 18 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, with two in intensive care and two on ventilators — all unchanged from Saturday.

Pennsylvania has 1,768 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 19 since Saturday, with 476 in intensive care [-9] and 221 on ventilators [+14]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since May 10.

Vaccinations

As of Sunday morning, 80,242 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+80 since Saturday] and 6,534 are partially covered [+12]. According to the CDC, 59.5% of the county’s entire population and 66.4% of adult residents have received at least one dose.

Statewide, 65.3% of Pennsylvania adults are fully vaccinated and the commonwealth ranks fifth nationally for total doses administered.

Vaccination appointments for ages 12 and older are available through Centre Volunteers in MedicineMount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.

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): 5,794 confirmed [+2], 430 probable [+4]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,883 confirmed, 288 probable

16803 (State College): 1,551 confirmed [+3], 206 probable [+2]

16802 (University Park): 1,421 confirmed [+1], 59 probable [+1]

16866 (Philipsburg): 988 confirmed, 133 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 541 confirmed [+2], 83 probable

16841 (Howard): 465 confirmed [+2], 57 probable [+1]

16828 (Centre Hall): 328 confirmed [+1], 37 probable [+1]

16875 (Spring Mills): 320 confirmed [+2], 47 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 318 confirmed, 47 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 296 confirmed, 12 probable

16844 (Julian): 238 confirmed [+2], 25 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 139 confirmed, 8 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 134 confirmed, 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 116 confirmed [+1], 18 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 96 confirmed, 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 92 confirmed, 12 probable

16854 (Millheim): 90 confirmed, 8 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 82 confirmed, 20 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 78 confirmed, 9 probable

16829 (Clarence): 79 confirmed [+1], 20 probable

16851 (Lemont): 65 confirmed, 7 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 50 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 37 confirmed [+1], 5 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 17 confirmed, 7 probable

16882 (Woodward): 15 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed

16804 (State College): 12 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 14,014 [+31]

Clearfield: 9,192 [+12]

Union: 6,323 [+5]

Mifflin: 5,627 [+5]

Huntingdon: 5,435 [+11]

Clinton: 3,899 [+9]