Centre County registered three new COVID-19 deaths and 107 more cases of the virus on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The county has now had 324 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since March 2020. The new cases bring the county’s total to 33,516 (29,839 confirmed and 3,677 probable).
Centre County’s moving seven-day average for new cases is 139, down from 215 a week ago and 251 two weeks ago.
Pennsylvania reported 7,305 new COVID-19 positives on Wednesday to bring the statewide total to 2,674,471.
It was the fourth consecutive day with fewer than 10,000 new cases statewide. The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 9,861, down from 14,187 a week ago and 22,551 two weeks ago.
With 192 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 41,028.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center has 44 COVID-19 inpatients, one fewer than on Tuesday, with five in intensive care [+2] and two on ventilators.
The patients range in age from 32 to 97, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Eighteen are fully vaccinated and 26 are not vaccinated.
Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to decline. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 4,317 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 250 fewer than on Tuesday, with 712 patients in intensive care [-52] and 453 on ventilators [-27].
Nursing and Personal Care Home Cases
Long-term care facilities in Centre County recorded one new COVID-19 case among residents. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 749 resident cases, 721 employee cases and 182 resident deaths.
Prison cases
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has 20 active COVID-19 cases among inmates and 15 among staff.
Rockview state prison has 24 active inmate cases, one more than on Monday, and 18 among staff [-4].
Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,470 inmates are fully vaccinated, 13 are partially vaccinated and 196 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 310 are fully vaccinated [+2] and 318 are not vaccinated [-2].
Rockview has 1,707 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 59 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 Wednesday morning, 93,097 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 79 since Tuesday, and 14,046 are partially covered [+7]. Booster doses have been administered to 47,269 county residents [+121].
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): 8,339 confirmed [+14], 1,087 probable [+4]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 5,892 confirmed [+25], 546 probable
16803 (State College): 3,071 confirmed [+13], 613 probable [+1]
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,920 confirmed [+18], 286 probable [+1]
16802 (University Park): 1,806 confirmed, 250 probable [-2]
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,196 confirmed [+7], 161 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,018 confirmed [+7], 95 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 744 confirmed [+6], 78 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 698 confirmed [+1], 94 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 626 confirmed, 70 probable
16844 (Julian): 520 confirmed [+3], 52 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 503 confirmed [+1], 35 probable [+1]
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 278 confirmed [+2], 30 probable [-1]
16853 (Milesburg): 274 confirmed [+1], 19 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 259 confirmed, 36 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 233 confirmed [+1], 15 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 212 confirmed, 20 probable
16829 (Clarence): 175 confirmed [+1], 24 probable [-1]
16820 (Aaronsburg): 172 confirmed [+2], 24 probable
16854 (Millheim): 170 confirmed [+1], 15 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 154 confirmed [+2], 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 149 confirmed [+1], 24 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 95 confirmed, 6 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 90 confirmed [+1], 10 probable
16832 (Coburn): 85 confirmed, 8 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 71 confirmed, 6 probable
16835 (Fleming): 57 confirmed, 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], 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 18 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 27,987 [+136]
Clearfield: 18,135 [+114]
Mifflin: 11,591 [+87]
Union: 11,090 [+28]
Huntingdon: 10,886 [+72]
Clinton: 8,577 [+42]
