Centre County registered three new COVID-19 deaths and 252 more cases of the virus on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The county has had 309 deaths attributed to COVID-19, including 20 reported this month.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 31,283 (28,029 confirmed and 3,254 probable). Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 244.
Pennsylvania recorded fewer than 20,000 new cases and saw an increase lower than the seven-day moving average for the fourth consecutive day. The 17,457 new positive bring the the commonwealth’s total to 2,523,589. The statewide seven-day average is 21,217 cases.
With 326 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 39,093.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center has 48 COVID-19 inpatients, two more than on Wednesday, with six in intensive care [+1] and four on ventilators.
The patients range in age from 28 to 96, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Thirteen are fully vaccinated and 35 are not vaccinated.
Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 hospitalizations fell for the fourth time in five days and dropped below 7,000 for the first time in 10 days. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard 6,962 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized statewide, 55 fewer than on Wednesday, with 1,116 patients in intensive care [-8] and 694 on ventilators [-13].
Nursing and Personal Care Home Cases
Long-term care facilities in Centre County reported five new cases among residents and four among employees. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 732 resident cases, 677 employee cases and 180 resident deaths.
Prison cases
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison no active COVID-19 cases among inmates, down from one on Wednesday, and 28 among staff [+10].
Rockview state prison has 52 active inmate cases and 61 among staff [+13].
Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,488 inmates are fully vaccinated, 12 are partially vaccinated and 194 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 306 are fully vaccinated and 322 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,693 inmates who are fully vaccinated, one who is partially vaccinated and 57 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 342 are fully vaccinated and 375 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, 92,417 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 163 since Wednesday, and 13,791 are partially covered [+19]. Booster doses have been administered to 45,566 county residents [+4,830].
Among the county’s entire population, 67.9% have received at least one dose, 57.9% are fully vaccinated and 48.2% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 73.2% have received at least one dose, 62.3% are fully vaccinated and 50.7% have received a booster.
Statewide, 75.1% of adults and 65.2% 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 12 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): 8,031 confirmed [+18], 908 probable [+29]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 5,451 confirmed [+68], 508 probable [+2]
16803 (State College): 2,883 confirmed [+33], 535 probable [+10]
16802 (University Park): 1,746 confirmed [+2], 170 probable [+12]
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,770 confirmed [+18], 277 probable [-1]
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,106 confirmed [+12], 148 probable [+2]
16841 (Howard): 949 confirmed [+14], 93 probable [+2]
16828 (Centre Hall): 663 confirmed [+4], 76 probable [+1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 659 confirmed [+7], 88 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 594 confirmed [+3], 66 probable
16844 (Julian): 499 confirmed [+2], 49 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 460 confirmed [+3], 32 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 255 confirmed [+2], 18 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 247 confirmed [+5], 37 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 245 confirmed [+6], 28 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 213 confirmed [+1], 15 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 188 confirmed [+1], 19 probable
16829 (Clarence): 162 confirmed [+2], 25 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 158 confirmed [+1], 24 probable
16854 (Millheim): 158 confirmed, 15 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 141 confirmed, 15 probable
16851 (Lemont): 137 confirmed [+3], 24 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 91 confirmed [+1], 5 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 80 confirmed [+6], 10 probable
16832 (Coburn): 77 confirmed [+1], 7 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 67 confirmed, 6 probable
16835 (Fleming): 55 confirmed [+1], 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 45 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 40 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 36 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16804 (State College): 18 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 17 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 25,927 [+132]
Clearfield: 16,776 [+197]
Mifflin: 10,582 [+116]
Union: 10,402 [+92]
Huntingdon: 9,899 [+169]
Clinton: 7,962 [+72]
