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Centre County Adds 46 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 3,074

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Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 Dashboard for March 12, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported 46 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to bring its total to 13,303, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania added 3,074 positives, bringing the statewide total to 961,456.

The county also had 129 additional negative test results, increasing its total to 62,587. Across Pennsylvania, there were 9,224 new negatives for a total of 3,980,898.

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents for the sixth consecutive day, keeping the total at 213.

With 40 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 24,530.

Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 19 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of six since Thursday. The patients range in age from 47 to 90, according to a hospital spokesperson.

Since March 1, the hospital has had an average daily census of 15 COVID-19 inpatients. In February, that figure was 18 per day and in January it was 41 per day.

“With hospitalizations down, we are cautiously optimistic that this trend will continue, but stress the necessity of consistent, continued adherence to COVID safety protocols,” Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nirmal Joshi said in a statement. “This includes masking, avoiding large gatherings, social distancing and frequent hand washing.”

Statewide, 1,463 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, including 320 in intensive care and 165 on ventilators.

Centre County nursing and personal care homes added five COVID-19 cases among residents. A total of 17 long-term care facilities in the county have had a combined 717 resident cases, 151 employee cases and 162 resident deaths.

An estimated 92% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.

A total of 31,542 people in Centre County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, an increase of 1,291 since Thursday. The total includes 18,354 who are fully covered with both required doses, according to health department data.

Among Pennsylvania’s total cases, 823,969 are confirmed and 137,487 are probable. In Centre County, 12,182 are confirmed and 1,121 are probable.

Centre County’s cases by zip code, according to available DOH data:

*Note: Changes are in brackets. Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department.

16801 (State College): 4,714 confirmed [+10], 331 probable [+4]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,230 confirmed [+7], 180 probable

16803 (State College): 1,172 confirmed [+5], 135 probable

16802 (University Park): 877 confirmed [+2], 35 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 762 confirmed [+3], 97 probable [+2]

16870 (Port Matilda): 402 confirmed [+5], 57 probable

16841 (Howard): 341 confirmed [+1], 32 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 255 confirmed, 8 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 245 confirmed [+1], 27 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 238 confirmed [+2], 32 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 232 confirmed [+1], 32 probable

16844 (Julian): 174 confirmed [+1], 19 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 118 confirmed [+2], 6 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 98 confirmed [+1], 15 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 96 confirmed, 13 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 75 confirmed, 7 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 66 confirmed, 6 probable

16854 (Millheim): 59 confirmed, 5 probable

16829 (Clarence): 56 confirmed, 11 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 53 confirmed, 6 probable

16851 (Lemont): 49 confirmed [+1], 5 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 47 confirmed, 12 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 42 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 28 confirmed, 6 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 26 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 24 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 22 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 17 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed

16835 (Fleming): 11 confirmed, 6 probable

16804 (State College): 8 confirmed

16882 (Woodward): 8 confirmed

16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed

Among Centre County’s bordering counties, Blair now has 10,786 [+18] total cases, Clearfield has 6,581 [+26], Union has 5,311 [+5], Mifflin has 4,657 [+5], Huntingdon has 4,432 [+9] and Clinton has 2,902 [+11].