Centre County reported 69 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to bring its total to 19,389. Among total cases 17,559 are confirmed and 1,830 are probable.
Pennsylvania added 5,352 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,435,292.
The county also had 152 new negative test results for a total of 79,612. Statewide there were 12,503 negatives to bring the total to 5,465,993.
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 235.
With 37 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 29,437.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 41 COVID-positive inpatients, unchanged from Thursday, with seven in intensive care [+1] and six on ventilators. The patients range in age from 21 to 89. According to the medical center’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard, 12 are fully vaccinated against the virus and 29 are not vaccinated.
Since Sept. 1, Mount Nittany has had a total of 136 COVID-19 inpatients, 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.
Mount Nittany had an average daily census of 35 COVID-19 inpatients this week, up from 34 the previous week.
The average age of Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatients in September is 57, Tiffany Cabibbo, vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer, said in a statement.
“Our physicians, nurses and healthcare workers on the front lines have been fighting the pandemic for more than a year and half now,” Cabibbo said. “We strongly urge the community to please get vaccinated, social distance, avoid large gatherings, wear a mask and wash your hands frequently.”
Mount Nittany continues operating under its pandemic response plan to adjust services, including prohibiting visitors except in special circumstances and making daily decisions to cancel or reschedule elective surgeries and procedures that require an overnight stay.
Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,816 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 21 since Thursday, with 692 in intensive care [-2] and 384 on ventilators [+5]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since April 22.
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 Thursday 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 Friday morning, 83,177 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+72 since Thursday] and 6,324 are partially covered [-26]. Booster doses have been administered to 2,101 county residents [+96].
Among the county’s entire population, 62% have received at least one dose and 53.4% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 69.1% have received at least one dose and 59.4% 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): 6,135 confirmed [+6], 491 probable
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,135 confirmed [+25], 319 probable [+2]
16803 (State College): 1,678 confirmed [+4], 239 probable [-1]
16802 (University Park): 1,534 confirmed [-2], 70 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,059 confirmed [+2], 151 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 611 confirmed [+4], 90 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 537 confirmed [+1], 70 probable [+2]
16828 (Centre Hall): 389 confirmed [+1], 41 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 374 confirmed [+2], 47 probable [-1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 369 confirmed [+1], 49 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 311 confirmed [+1], 16 probable
16844 (Julian): 268 confirmed [+1], 34 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 155 confirmed [+3], 11 probable [-1]
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 150 confirmed [+1], 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 131 confirmed, 22 probable [+1]
16826 (Blanchard): 116 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 105 confirmed, 9 probable
16854 (Millheim): 99 confirmed, 8 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 97 confirmed, 20 probable
16829 (Clarence): 84 confirmed, 21 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 84 confirmed, 10 probable [+1]
16851 (Lemont): 70 confirmed, 15 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 52 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 46 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 [+1], 7 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 27 confirmed [+1], 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: 15,532 [+47]
Clearfield: 10,176 [+44]
Union: 6,853 [+22]
Mifflin: 6,379 [+31]
Huntingdon: 6,200 [+28]
Clinton: 4,370 [+25]
