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Centre County Reports 1 New COVID-19 Death, 2 Cases

State College - covid-19 dashboard 6-26-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for June 26, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported one new COVID-19 death and two new cases of the virus on Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The county now has 227 COVID-19 deaths and 16,912 cases since the first of each were reported in March 2020.

Pennsylvania added 183 positives, bringing the statewide total to 1,211,482. With seven new deaths reported on Saturday, the statewide total is now 27,643.

Centre County reported 53 additional negative test results, bringing its total to 70,828. Statewide, there were 5,396 new negatives for a total of 4,747,726.

For the week of June 18-24, the county’s PCR testing positivity rate was 0.7%, down from 1.7% the previous seven days, according to the updated DOH early warning monitoring dashboard.

The rate was tied for ninth lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.

The statewide positivity rate was 1.2%, down from 1.4% the previous seven days and marking a decline for the 10th consecutive week.

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, five COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, one fewer than on Friday, with one in intensive care [-1] and one on a ventilator [-1].

As of Friday, COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized at Mount Nittany Medical Center ranged in aged from 19 to 76, according to a hospital spokesperson. The medical center has had an average daily census of eight COVID-19 inpatients in June.

Pennsylvania has 359 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of 20 since Friday, with 64 in intensive care [-10] and 60 on ventilators [-5].

An estimated 97% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a health department calculation.

As of Saturday morning, 75,683 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 10,532 are partially covered.

Vaccination appointments for ages 12 and older are available through Centre Volunteers in MedicineMount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.

Among Centre County’s cases, 15,416 are confirmed and 1,496 are probable.

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): 5,660 confirmed, 398 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,767 confirmed [+2], 266 probable

16803 (State College): 1,480 confirmed, 183 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,400 confirmed, 56 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 922 confirmed, 130 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 517 confirmed, 76 probable

16841 (Howard): 440 confirmed, 50 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 311 confirmed, 33 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 304 confirmed, 46 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 297 confirmed, 45 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 287 confirmed, 12 probable

16844 (Julian): 223 confirmed, 24 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 136 confirmed, 7 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 124 confirmed, 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 106 confirmed, 17 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 91 confirmed, 8 probable

16854 (Millheim): 88 confirmed, 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 87 confirmed, 12 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 77 confirmed, 9 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 75 confirmed, 20 probable

16829 (Clarence): 68 confirmed, 14 probable

16851 (Lemont): 60 confirmed, 6 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 45 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 32 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 30 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 29 confirmed, 6 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 15 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: 13,521

Clearfield: 8,644

Union: 6,156

Mifflin: 5,435 [+1]

Huntingdon: 5,160 [+5]

Clinton: 3,711