Centre County reported 86 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 18,316, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases, 16,599 are confirmed and 1,717 are probable.
Pennsylvania had more than 5,000 new positives on consecutive days for the first time since mid-April. The 5,131 cases reported on Saturday were the commonwealth’s most since April 16 and bring the statewide total to 1,343,444.
The county also had 279 new negative test results for a total of 76,848. Statewide there were 12,039 negatives to bring the total to 5,245,252.
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 232.
With 31 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 28,566.
Hospitalizations
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 17 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, with two in intensive care and one on a ventilator — all unchanged since Friday.
For the week of Sept. 3-9, Centre County had an average of 15.6 daily COVID-specific hospitalizations, down from 19.7 previous seven days, according to the updated Department of Health early warning monitoring dashboard.
Pennsylvania has 2,196 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 49 since Friday, with 518 in intensive care [-17] and 279 on ventilators [+11]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since May 1.
Average daily COVID hospitalizations across Pennsylvania increased from 1,819.7 to 2,016.3 for the week of Sept. 3-9.
An estimated 92% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.
Positivity rate
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of Sept. 3-9 was 12.9%, up from 8.3% the previous seven days, according to the monitoring dashboard. The rate was 21st highest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 365 new cases for that seven-day period, 153 more than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 9.1%, up from 8.2% the previous seven days. It was the 10th consecutive week Pennsylvania’s positivity rate increased after 12 consecutive weeks of decreases. The commonwealth had 19,380 new positives between Sept. 3-9, up from 18,226 the prior week.
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 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 Saturday morning, 81,310 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+118 since Friday] and 6,704 are partially covered [+77]. According to the CDC, 60.5% of the county’s entire population and 67.4% of adult residents have received at least one dose.
Statewide, 66.8% of adults are vaccinated and Pennsylvania is fifth in the nation for total doses administer, 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): 5,947 confirmed [+11], 462 probable [+6]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,961 confirmed [+9], 298 probable
16803 (State College): 1,602 confirmed [+7], 226 probable [+8]
16802 (University Park): 1,492 confirmed, 69 probable [+5]
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,003 confirmed [+2], 136 probable [+2]
16870 (Port Matilda): 571 confirmed [+1], 83 probable
16841 (Howard): 485 confirmed [+6], 62 probable [+2]
16828 (Centre Hall): 354 confirmed [+5], 39 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 342 confirmed [+2], 47 probable [-1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 337 confirmed [+3], 47 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 301 confirmed, 12 probable
16844 (Julian): 247 confirmed [+4], 28 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 146 confirmed [+2], 12 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 140 confirmed, 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 120 confirmed, 20 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 96 confirmed, 12 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 96 confirmed, 10 probable [+1]
16854 (Millheim): 92 confirmed, 8 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 89 confirmed [+1], 20 probable
16829 (Clarence): 82 confirmed, 20 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 81 confirmed [+1], 9 probable
16851 (Lemont): 68 confirmed, 11 probable [+1]
16859 (Moshannon): 50 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 42 confirmed, 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 35 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 24 confirmed, 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 21 confirmed, 7 probable
16882 (Woodward): 15 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed
16804 (State College): 12 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 14,483 [+69]
Clearfield: 9,520 [+30]
Union: 6,525 [+15]
Mifflin: 5,817 [+19]
Huntingdon: 5,679 [+28]
Clinton: 4,009 [+12]
