Centre County registered four new COVID-19 cases on Monday as hospitalizations linked to the virus locally and statewide continued to remain low.
The new cases mark the fourth consecutive day with a single-digit increase and bring the county’s total to 35,105 (31,171 confirmed and 3,934 probable) since March 2020. Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 7.6, down from 8.4 a week ago and 19.9 a month ago.
Pennsylvania recorded fewer than 1,000 new positives for the 18th consecutive day. The 305 new cases bring the statewide total to 2,783,690.
The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 607, down from 613 a week ago and down from 1,064 a month ago.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center reported one COVID-19 inpatient for the third consecutive day. The patient is not on a ventilator or in intensive care
Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their lowest level since July 26. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 417 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, six fewer than on Sunday, with 70 in intensive care and 46 on ventilators [-1].
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents for the sixth consecutive day, keeping the total at 346.
With two new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 44,316.
Community level
Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the fourth consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday.
Introduced on Feb. 25, community levels measure not only new cases, but also new hospitalizations and local hospital capacity to determine mitigation guidelines. At the low level, there is no recommendation for indoor masking.
Statewide, 64 of 67 counties are at the low level, with Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna at the medium level. At the medium level, the CDC recommends masks indoors in public for those at risk of severe illness. At the high level, universal indoor public masking is recommended.
Prison cases
Centre County’s two state prisons — Benner and Rockview — have no COVID-19 cases among inmates, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Benner has one case among staff. Rockview has none.
At Benner, 1,399 inmates are fully vaccinated, 20 are partially vaccinated and 196 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 311 are fully vaccinated [-2] and 318 are not vaccinated [+2].
Rockview has 1,720 inmates who are fully vaccinated, two who are partially vaccinated and 81 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 348 are fully vaccinated and 370 are not vaccinated.
Vaccinations
As of Monday morning, 94,846 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 27 since the last update on Saturday, and 14,225 are partially covered [+3]. Booster doses have been administered to 49,894 county residents [+36].
Among the county’s entire population, 69.9% have received at least one dose, 59.4% are fully vaccinated and 51.4% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 75.2% have received at least one dose, 63.6% are fully vaccinated and 54% have received a booster.
Statewide, 77.1% of adults and 67.7% 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 eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. All individuals 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals are now eligible for a second booster shot.
Centre County’s cases by zip code:
*Note: DOH did not update zip code case data on Sunday so changes in brackets are since Saturday. 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): 8,591 confirmed [+4], 1,195 probable
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,208 confirmed [+2], 572 probable
16803 (State College): 3,240 confirmed [+2], 665 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,081 confirmed, 297 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,846 confirmed, 278 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,286 confirmed, 171 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,084 confirmed, 100 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 785 confirmed, 81 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 742 confirmed, 101 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 649 confirmed, 73 probable
16844 (Julian): 541 confirmed, 52 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 519 confirmed, 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 299 confirmed, 29 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 285 confirmed, 20 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 279 confirmed, 38 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 245 confirmed, 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 223 confirmed, 22 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 193 confirmed, 25 probable
16854 (Millheim): 181 confirmed, 15 probable
16829 (Clarence): 180 confirmed, 25 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 167 confirmed, 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 159 confirmed, 26 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 100 confirmed, 11 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 probable
16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed, 9 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 81 confirmed, 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 49 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 40 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16804 (State College): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 20 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 29,617 [+1]
Clearfield: 19,260
Mifflin: 12,261
Union: 11,680
Huntingdon: 11,489 [+1]
Clinton: 9,029
