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Centre County Adds 72 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 5,252 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 11-29-21

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

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported 72 new COVID-19 cases on Monday to increase its total to 22,736, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 20,472 are confirmed and 2,264 are probable.

Pennsylvania added 5,252 positives, bringing the statewide total to 1,731,154.

The county also had 64 new negative test results to bring the total to 84,650. Statewide, there were 4,544 new negatives for a total of 5,903,734.

Deaths

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 258.

With 25 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 33,308.

Hospitalizations

Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 44 COVID-19 inpatients, unchanged from Sunday, with four in intensive care [+1] and four on ventilators [+1]

The patients range in age from 27 to 95, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Thirteen are fully vaccinated and 31 are not vaccinated.

Pennsylvania has 3,734 COVID-19 inpatients, 141 more than on Sunday, with 836 in intensive care [+20] and 483 on ventilators [+3]. The statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are the most since Jan. 27.

An estimated 91% 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.

Prison cases

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has 77 active COVID-19 cases among inmates — unchanged from Sunday and nearly triple the second highest state correctional facility — and 28 among staff, also the highest among any SCI.

Rockview state prison has two active inmate cases and five among staff, unchanged from Sunday.

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,569 inmates are fully vaccinated, 14 are partially vaccinated and 198 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 279 are fully vaccinated and 349 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,661 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 60 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 325 are fully vaccinated and 392 are not vaccinated.

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.

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 Monday morning, 86,564 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+20 since Sunday] and 11,531 are partially covered [+49]. Third doses have been administered to 22,652 county residents [+115].

Among the county’s entire population, 68.3% have received at least one dose and 52.4% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.6% have received at least one dose and 58.3% are fully vaccinated.

Statewide, 68.9% of adults and 58% of the total population are fully vaccinated.

Vaccination appointments through Centre Volunteers in MedicineMount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.

All adults are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.

Centre County’s cases by zip code:

*Note: Changes are in bracketsSpecific 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): 6,568 confirmed [+4], 594 probable [+5]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,891 confirmed [+16], 378 probable [+2]

16803 (State College): 1,878 confirmed [+5], 295 probable [+7]

16802 (University Park): 1,604 confirmed, 93 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,272 confirmed [+3], 216 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 745 confirmed, 112 probable [+2]

16841 (Howard): 691 confirmed [+1], 80 probable [+1]

16828 (Centre Hall): 486 confirmed [+3], 52 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 485 confirmed [+3], 59 probable [+1]

16827 (Boalsburg): 436 confirmed [+2], 63 probable [+1]

16845 (Karthaus): 353 confirmed [+1], 22 probable

16844 (Julian): 349 confirmed [+1], 42 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 193 confirmed, 12 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 191 confirmed [+2], 23 probable [+1]

16874 (Snow Shoe): 163 confirmed, 27 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 153 confirmed [+1], 14 probable

16854 (Millheim): 123 confirmed [+1], 13 probable [+1]

16829 (Clarence): 121 confirmed, 24 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 121 confirmed [+1], 12 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 114 confirmed, 25 probable [+1]

16872 (Rebersburg): 102 confirmed [+1], 11 probable

16851 (Lemont): 84 confirmed, 20 probable [+3]

16832 (Coburn): 62 confirmed [+1], 5 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 61 confirmed, 5 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 49 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 43 confirmed, 7 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 35 confirmed, 9 probable [+1]

16852 (Madisonburg): 34 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 34 confirmed, 8 probable

16882 (Woodward): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 14 confirmed

16804 (State College): 13 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 20,594 [+63]

Clearfield: 12,703 [+29]

Mifflin: 8,141 [+18]

Union: 8,121 [+11]

Huntingdon: 7,580 [+19]

Clinton: 5,986 [+20]