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Centre County Adds 25 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 3,584 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 10-20-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for Oct. 20, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported 25 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 20,247, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 18,320 are confirmed and 1,927 are probable.

Pennsylvania added 3,584 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,520,815.

The county also had 59 new negative test results for a total of 81,603. Statewide there were 6,251 negatives to bring the total to 5,636,870.

Deaths

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 241.

With 134 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 30,721.

Hospitalizations

Mount Nittany Medical Center has 36 COVID-19 inpatients, one fewer than on Tuesday, with one in intensive care and one on a ventilator.

The patients range in age from 18 to 92, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Eight are fully vaccinated and 28 are not vaccinated.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,956 COVID-19 inpatients, an decrease of 69 since Tuesday, with 678 in intensive care [-16] and 398 on ventilators [+1], according to DOH’s hospital preparedness dashboard.

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 on Wednesday.

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 Wednesday morning, 84,297 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+66 since Tuesday] and 6,733 are partially covered [+30]. Third doses have been administered to 6,447 county residents [+290].

Among the county’s entire population, 64% have received at least one dose and 54.3% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 71.3% have received at least one dose and 60.5% are fully vaccinated

Statewide, 70.8% of adults and 59.6% of the total population are fully vaccinated. Pennsylvania is fifth in the nation for total doses administered, according the CDC.

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): 6,251 confirmed [+6], 511 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,339 confirmed [+10], 334 probable

16803 (State College): 1,732 confirmed [+1], 255 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,543 confirmed, 73 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,101 confirmed [+4], 164 probable [+2]

16870 (Port Matilda): 663 confirmed [+2], 100 probable

16841 (Howard): 566 confirmed [+3], 71 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 407 confirmed, 43 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 400 confirmed, 50 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 391 confirmed [+1], 53 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 319 confirmed [+1], 21 probable

16844 (Julian): 287 confirmed, 34 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 165 confirmed, 11 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 160 confirmed, 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 148 confirmed, 22 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 126 confirmed, 12 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 110 confirmed, 10 probable

16829 (Clarence): 102 confirmed, 21 probable

16854 (Millheim): 101 confirmed, 8 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 98 confirmed [+1], 21 probable [+1]

16872 (Rebersburg): 87 confirmed, 11 probable

16851 (Lemont): 71 confirmed, 15 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 55 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 45 confirmed, 5 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 44 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 35 confirmed, 5 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable

16835 (Fleming): 30 confirmed, 7 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 30 confirmed, 5 probable

16882 (Woodward): 18 confirmed [+1], 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 14 confirmed

16804 (State College): 12 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 16,806 [+56]

Clearfield: 10,902 [+35]

Union: 7,227 [+24]

Mifflin: 7,022 [+32]

Huntingdon: 6,697 [+11]

Clinton: 4,763 [+25]