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Centre County Adds 40 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 4,570 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 9-29-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for Sept. 29, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported 40 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 19,287. Among total cases 17,471 are confirmed and 1,816 are probable.

Pennsylvania added 4,570 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,425,048.

The county also had 138 new negative test results for a total of 79,369. Statewide there were 9,781 negatives to bring the total to 5,442,101.

Deaths

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 235.

With 97 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 29,323. It was the highest one-day increase in COVID deaths since late February.

Hospitalizations

Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 36 COVID-19 inpatients, two fewer than on Tuesday, with six in intensive care and six on ventilators. The patients range in age from 11 to 89. Nine are fully vaccinated against the virus and 27 are not vaccinated, according to the medical center’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,843 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 65 since Tuesday, with 681 in intensive care [+15] and 376 on ventilators [+20]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since April 21.

An estimated 90% 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.

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 on Tuesday afternoon.

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, 83,044 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+42 since Tuesday] and 6,359 are partially covered [+53]. Booster doses have been administered to 1,720 county residents [+156].

Among the county’s entire population, 61.7% have received at least one dose and 53.2% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 68.8% have received at least one dose and 59.3% are fully vaccinated

Statewide, 68.6% of adults are fully vaccinated and Pennsylvania is fifth in the nation for total doses administered, according the CDC.

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.

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): 6,126 confirmed [+6], 488 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,103 confirmed [+5], 316 probable [-1]

16803 (State College): 1,672 confirmed [+4], 237 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,536 confirmed [+1], 68 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,052 confirmed [+7], 151 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 602 confirmed [+2], 89 probable

16841 (Howard): 533 confirmed [+2], 68 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 388 confirmed [+1], 41 probable [+1]

16875 (Spring Mills): 372 confirmed [+2], 48 probable [+2]

16827 (Boalsburg): 368 confirmed [+2], 49 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 310 confirmed, 16 probable [+1]

16844 (Julian): 267 confirmed [+1], 34 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 152 confirmed, 12 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 149 confirmed [+2], 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 129 confirmed, 21 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 115 confirmed [+1], 12 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 105 confirmed, 9 probable

16854 (Millheim): 99 confirmed [+1], 8 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 96 confirmed [+3], 20 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 84 confirmed, 9 probable

16829 (Clarence): 84 confirmed [+1], 21 probable [+1]

16851 (Lemont): 70 confirmed, 15 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 52 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 45 confirmed [+1], 5 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 42 confirmed [+2], 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed, 5 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable

16835 (Fleming): 28 confirmed, 7 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 26 confirmed, 5 probable

16882 (Woodward): 16 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed

16804 (State College): 12 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 15,433 [+61]

Clearfield: 10,103 [+34]

Union: 6,814 [+13]

Mifflin: 6,312 [+27]

Huntingdon: 6,149 [+25]

Clinton: 4,320 [+20]