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Centre County Adds 40 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 3,509 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 8-27-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for Aug. 27, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported 40 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to increase its total to 17,556, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania added 3,509 new positives, bringing the statewide total to 1,288,041.

The county also reported 104 negative test results for a total of 75,061. Statewide, there were 10,412 new negatives for a total of 5,111,559.

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 21 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, one fewer than on Thursday. Two are in intensive care and two are on ventilators.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 1,722 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 77 since Thursday, with 476 in intensive care [+2] and 203 on ventilators [+7]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since May 12.

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping its total at 230 for the ninth consecutive day.

With 22 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 28,180.

An estimated 94% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.

Centre County remains at the substantial level for community transmission of COVID-19 — the second highest on the Centers for Disease Control scale — as of the CDC’s latest county-level data update on Thursday afternoon. Neighboring Blair, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Mifflin and Union counties are at the highest level, while Clinton is also at substantial.

As of Friday morning, 80,078 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 6,460 are partially covered. According to the CDC, about 59% of the county’s entire population has received at least one dose.

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.

Among Centre County’s cases, 15,958 are confirmed and 1,598 are probable.

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): 5,780 confirmed [+17], 424 probable [+1]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,880 confirmed [+1], 285 probable

16803 (State College): 1,546 confirmed [+6], 202 probable [-1]

16802 (University Park): 1,417 confirmed [+4], 58 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 984 confirmed, 134 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 539 confirmed [+1], 82 probable

16841 (Howard): 462 confirmed [+1], 56 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 326 confirmed [+1], 36 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 317 confirmed, 47 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 316 confirmed [+2], 47 probable [-1]

16845 (Karthaus): 296 confirmed [+1], 12 probable

16844 (Julian): 236 confirmed [+2], 25 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 139 confirmed, 8 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 134 confirmed, 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 115 confirmed [+3], 18 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 96 confirmed, 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 92 confirmed, 12 probable

16854 (Millheim): 90 confirmed, 8 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 82 confirmed, 20 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 78 confirmed, 9 probable

16829 (Clarence): 78 confirmed [+1], 20 probable

16851 (Lemont): 65 confirmed, 7 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 50 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 36 confirmed, 5 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 17 confirmed, 7 probable

16882 (Woodward): 15 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed

16804 (State College): 12 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 13,945 [+8]

Clearfield: 9,162 [+23]

Union: 6,312 [+5]

Mifflin: 5,610 [+15]

Huntingdon: 5,406 [+38]

Clinton: 3,877 [+3]