Updated at 1:50 p.m. with information from Mount Nittany Medical Center’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard and Department of Health vaccination data.
Centre County registered three new COVID-19 deaths and 100 more cases of the virus on Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The county now has 286 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, including 28 reported this month.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 25,484 (22,985 confirmed and 2,499 probable).
Pennsylvania reported 11,206 new positives to bring the commonwealth’s total to 1,976,200.
With 131 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 36,200.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 47 COVID-positive inpatients, one more than on Monday, with four in intensive care [-1] and three on ventilators [-2].
The patients range in age from 22 to 92, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Nineteen are fully vaccinated and 28 are not vaccinated.
Pennsylvania has 4,648 COVID-19 inpatients, 139 more than on Monday, with 910 in intensive care [-2] and 586 on ventilators [+17].
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 tw0 active COVID-19 cases among inmates, four fewer than were listed on Monday, and 16 among staff [-4].
Rockview state prison has 29 active inmate cases [+2] and nine among staff [+2].
Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,524 inmates are fully vaccinated, nine are partially vaccinated and 190 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 303 are fully vaccinated [+8] and 325 are not vaccinated [-8].
Rockview has 1,689 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 62 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 Tuesday morning, 90,909 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 73 since Monday, and 12,312 are partially covered [+42]. Booster doses have been administered to 35,325 county residents [+206].
Among the county’s entire population, 65.4% have received at least one dose and 56.8% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 70.7% have received at least one dose and 61.3% are fully vaccinated.
Statewide, 73.9% of adults and 63.6% 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 16 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): 7,071 confirmed [+18], 662 probable [+9]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 4,460 confirmed [+19], 409 probable [+2]
16803 (State College): 2,167 confirmed [+11], 350 probable [+12]
16802 (University Park): 1,673 confirmed [+2], 104 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,457 confirmed [+2], 237 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 857 confirmed [+5], 118 probable
16841 (Howard): 771 confirmed [+2], 86 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 548 confirmed [+1], 57 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 519 confirmed [+3], 61 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 496 confirmed [+2], 71 probable [+1]
16844 (Julian): 410 confirmed [+4], 48 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 398 confirmed [+2], 30 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 216 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 211 confirmed [+1], 31 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 209 confirmed [+1], 24 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 177 confirmed [+1], 14 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 146 confirmed [+3], 14 probable [+1]
16854 (Millheim): 134 confirmed, 13 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 132 confirmed, 25 probable
16829 (Clarence): 127 confirmed, 26 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 112 confirmed [+1], 13 probable
16851 (Lemont): 100 confirmed, 21 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 72 confirmed, 5 probable
16832 (Coburn): 65 confirmed, 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 55 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 46 confirmed, 7 probable
16835 (Fleming): 38 confirmed, 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 37 confirmed, 9 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 36 confirmed, 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: 22,791 [+37]
Clearfield: 14,298 [+46]
Mifflin: 9,107 [+12]
Union: 8,885 [+30]
Huntingdon: 8,378 [+7]
Clinton: 6,660 [+10]
