Centre County reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 19,431. Among total cases 17,587 are confirmed and 1,844 are probable.
Pennsylvania added 3,392 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,438,684.
The county also had 38 new negative test results for a total of 79,650. Statewide there were 6,712 negatives to bring the total to 5,472,705.
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 235 for the seventh consecutive day.
With 51 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 29,488.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center reported 41 COVID-positive inpatients on Friday, with seven in intensive care and six on ventilators. The patients ranged in age from 21 to 89. According to the medical center’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard, which is updated on weekdays, 12 were fully vaccinated against the virus and 29 were not vaccinated.
Mount Nittany had a total of 136 COVID-19 inpatients in September, according to a hospital spokesperson, nearly twice as many as the 69 COVID inpatients it had in August and nine times the 15 MNMC treated in September 2020.
The hospital had an average daily census of 35 COVID-19 inpatients last week, up from 34 the previous week.
Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,761 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of 55 since Friday, with 672 in intensive care [-20] and 393 on ventilators [+9]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since April 23.
For the week of Sept. 24-30, Pennsylvania had 2,751.4 average daily COVID hospitalizations, up from 2,458.9 the prior week, according to the updated Department of Health early warning monitoring dashboard.
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.
Positivity rate
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of Sept. 24-30 was 8.0%, down from 9.0% the previous seven days, according to the monitoring dashboard. The rate was 11th lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 319 new cases for that seven-day period, 33 fewer than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 9.1%, up from 8.8% the previous seven days. The commonwealth had 25,555 new positives between Sept. 24-30, 236 fewer than the prior week. It was the second consecutive week that the total number of new cases decreased.
Cases Among Children
For the 2021-2022 school year, DOH is providing weekly updated case counts for two age groups: 0-4 capturing preschool and daycare age children and 5-18 capturing kindergarten through high school age children. The case counts do not necessarily represent exposure in school or daycare settings and the location of exposure cannot be determined in most cases.
For the week of Sept. 22-28, there were 18 new cases among children in the 0-4 age group and 78 in the 5-18 age group in Centre County. About 27% of all cases in Centre County that week were among children 0-18.
Since Aug. 16, there have been 461 cases among individuals between the ages of 0 and 18 in Centre County — 60 between the ages of 0-4 and 401 between the ages of 5 and 18 — representing about 24% of all cases during that time.
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 Saturday.
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 Saturday morning, 83,272 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+95 since Friday] and 6,340 are partially covered [+16]. Booster doses have been administered to 2,442 county residents [+341].
Among the county’s entire population, 62.1% have received at least one dose and 53.4% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 69.2% have received at least one dose and 59.5% are fully vaccinated
Statewide, 68.8% 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 Medicine, Mount 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): 6,147 confirmed [+12], 492 probable [+1]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,139 confirmed [+4], 321 probable [+2]
16803 (State College): 1,683 confirmed [+5], 243 probable [+4]
16802 (University Park): 1,537 confirmed [+3], 71 probable [+1]
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,061 confirmed [+2], 151 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 611 confirmed, 92 probable [+2]
16841 (Howard): 538 confirmed [+1], 72 probable [+2]
16828 (Centre Hall): 389 confirmed, 41 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 375 confirmed [+1], 47 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 370 confirmed [+1], 49 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 311 confirmed, 16 probable
16844 (Julian): 269 confirmed [+1], 34 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 155 confirmed, 11 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 151 confirmed [+1], 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 131 confirmed, 22 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 117 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 105 confirmed, 10 probable [+1]
16854 (Millheim): 99 confirmed, 8 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 97 confirmed, 20 probable
16829 (Clarence): 84 confirmed, 21 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 84 confirmed, 10 probable
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, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed, 5 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable
16835 (Fleming): 29 confirmed, 7 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 27 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: 15,587 [+55]
Clearfield: 10,207 [+31]
Union: 6,869 [+16]
Mifflin: 6,404 [+25]
Huntingdon: 6,213 [+13]
Clinton: 4,382 [+12]
