Centre County reported 45 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 20,143, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 18,221 are confirmed and 1,922 are probable.
Pennsylvania added 4,485 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,506,609.
The county also had 122 new negative test results for a total of 81,330. Statewide there were 9,041 negatives to bring the total to 5,609,785.
Deaths
DOH did not update statewide COVID-19 deaths on Saturday. Pennsylvania has had a total of 30,418 deaths attributed to the virus, including 241 in Centre County, as of Friday.
Hospitalizations
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 33 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, unchanged from Friday, with three in intensive care [+1] and two on ventilators.
Mount Nittany warned this week that the continuing high numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, combined with increasing difficulty discharging patients to long-term care facilities has placed “unprecedented” strains on the local health care system.
Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,978 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 49 since Friday, with 682 in intensive care [+8] and 389 on ventilators [+10]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since Feb. 5.
For the week of Oct. 8-14, Pennsylvania had 2,964.3 average daily COVID hospitalizations, up from 2,878.9 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 Oct. 8-14 was 7.9%, up from 8.7% the previous seven days, according to the monitoring dashboard. The rate was ninth lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 268 new cases for that seven-day period, 78 fewer than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 9.7%, up from 9.6% the previous seven days. The commonwealth had 25,046 new positives between Oct. 8-14, 3,204 fewer than the prior week.
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 Oct. 6-12, there were nine new cases among children in the 0-4 age group and 72 in the 5-18 age group in Centre County. About 29% of all cases in Centre County that week were among children 0-18.
Since Aug. 16, there have been 625 cases among individuals between the ages of 0 and 18 in Centre County — 87 between the ages of 0-4 and 538 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
DOH did not update vaccination numbers on Saturday. As of Friday 84,044 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 6,568 are partially covered. Third doses have been administered to 5,544 county residents.
Among the county’s entire population, 63.6% have received at least one dose and 54.2% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 70.9% have received at least one dose and 60.3% are fully vaccinated
Statewide, 70.1% of adults and 59.2% of the total population are fully vaccinated. 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): 6,229 confirmed [+4], 511 probable [+3]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,311 confirmed [+11], 334 probable [+1]
16803 (State College): 1,724 confirmed [+4], 253 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,542 confirmed, 72 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,091 confirmed [+5], 158 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 658 confirmed [+1], 100 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 563 confirmed [+1], 71 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 406 confirmed, 44 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 395 confirmed [+1], 49 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 386 confirmed [+2], 53 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 318 confirmed, 20 probable [+2]
16844 (Julian): 284 confirmed [+4], 34 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 165 confirmed, 11 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 157 confirmed, 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 146 confirmed, 22 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 124 confirmed, 12 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 109 confirmed, 10 probable
16829 (Clarence): 101 confirmed, 21 probable
16854 (Millheim): 101 confirmed, 8 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 97 confirmed, 20 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 87 confirmed, 11 probable
16851 (Lemont): 71 confirmed, 15 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 55 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 45 confirmed, 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 43 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 35 confirmed, 5 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable
16835 (Fleming): 30 confirmed, 7 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 30 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 17 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 14 confirmed
16804 (State College): 12 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 16,574 [+87]
Clearfield: 10,767 [+40]
Union: 7,177 [+12]
Mifflin: 6,924 [+26]
Huntingdon: 6,619 [+25]
Clinton: 4,696 [+23]
