Centre County has returned to the Centers for Disease Control’s low community level for COVID-19 after spending one week at the medium level, according to the CDC’s latest update on Thursday night.
Prior to last week, the county had spent seven consecutive weeks at the low level.
At the low level, the CDC recommends wearing a mask if symptomatic, if an individual has tested positive for COVID-19 or has been exposed to someone who has, and when on public transportation, but does not recommend universal indoor masking in public places.
Statewide, 21 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are at the low level, three fewer than last week. Thirty-two are at the low level [+2] and 14 are at the high level [+1], including neighboring Mifflin county.
Hospitalizations and cases
For a county to be at the low level, it has fewer than 200 new cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period, with fewer than 10 COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people and less than 10% of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients over the same period.
Centre County had a case rate of 166.27 per 100,000 people, down from 189.06 last week, and six new COVID admissions per 100,000, down from 11.6, with 5.2% of inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 inpatients, up from 4.2%.
Mount Nittany Medical Center had 12 COVID-19 inpatients on Friday, according to its inpatient dashboard, with none in intensive care or on ventilators. The patients range in age from 33 to 84. For the week of July 30-Aug. 5, Mount Nittany has had an average daily COVID inpatient census of 11.3, down from 14.8 a week earlier.
As of the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s latest weekly update on Wednesday, 1,190 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized statewide, two more than a week ago, with 143 in intensive care [+25] and 47 on ventilators [+5].
Centre County added 270 known new cases over the last week, a 12% decrease from the previous seven days, according to DOH data. The county has had a total of 39,068 COVID-19 cases (34,701 confirmed and 4,367 probable) since March 2020.
The county’s seven-day rolling average for new cases of 38 is down from 44 a week ago.
Pennsylvania registered 24,748 new positives over the last week, a 10% increase from a week ago. The rolling seven-day average of 3,535.4 is up from 3,182.4 the prior week.
The statewide case total since the start of the pandemic is now 3,105,341.
Deaths
DOH recorded no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents in the last week, keeping the total at 362.
With 97 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry in the last week, the statewide total is now 46,261.
Positivity rate
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of July 27-Aug. 2 was 17.4%, down from 19.3% the previous seven days, according to the DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. The rate was the 35th lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The statewide positivity rate was 17.2%, down from 17.3% the previous seven days.
Vaccinations
As of Wednesday morning, 97,176 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 123 since July 27, and 15,086 are partially covered [+82]. First booster doses have been administered to 53,605 county residents [+205] and 12,157 have received a second booster [+411].
Among the county’s entire population, 72.2 % have received at least one dose, 61% are fully vaccinated and 54.1% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 77.2% have received at least one dose, 65.1% are fully vaccinated and 56.1% have received a booster.
Statewide, 79.7% of adults and 70.1% of the total population are fully vaccinated, while at least one booster dose has been administered to 46.9% of adults and 44.3% of the total population.
Vaccination appointments are available through 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): 9,542 confirmed [+51], 1,353 probable [+10]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,796 confirmed [+72], 608 probable [+1]
16803 (State College): 3,901 confirmed [+24], 794 probable [+6]
16866 (Philipsburg): 2.323 confirmed [+23], 308 probable [+1]
16802 (University Park): 1,930 confirmed [+4], 310 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,477 confirmed [+16], 193 probable [-1]
16841 (Howard): 1,183 confirmed [+9], 106 probable [+1]
16828 (Centre Hall): 905 confirmed [+11], 87 probable [+1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 907 confirmed [+10], 114 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 716 confirmed [+3], 80 probable [+3]
16844 (Julian): 575 confirmed [+1], 56 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 530 confirmed [+1], 34 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 321 confirmed [+2], 30 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 304 confirmed [+1], 19 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 302 confirmed [+3], 40 probable [-1]
16826 (Blanchard): 271 confirmed [+1], 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 258 confirmed [+3], 28 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 204 confirmed [+1], 28 probable
16854 (Millheim): 196 confirmed [+3], 17 probable
16829 (Clarence): 195 confirmed [+1], 25 probable
16851 (Lemont): 189 confirmed [+1], 28 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 179 confirmed, 17 probable [+1]
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 119 confirmed [+1], 13 probable [+1]
16859 (Moshannon): 105 confirmed, 6 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 96 confirmed [+4], 5 probable
16832 (Coburn): 93 confirmed, 10 probable
16835 (Fleming): 66 confirmed [+3], 8 probable [-1]
16852 (Madisonburg): 54 confirmed, 5 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 53 confirmed, 10 probable
16882 (Woodward): 44 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 22 confirmed
16804 (State College): 21 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 31,607 [+145] Low Community Level
Clearfield: 21,003 [+158] Low Community Level
Mifflin: 13,151 [+100] High Community Level
Union: 12,478 [+56] Medium Community Level
Huntingdon: 12,288 [+80] Medium Community Level
Clinton: 9,867 [+47] Low Community Level
