Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the third consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s weekly update.
Statewide, 60 of 67 counties are at the low level, with the other seven (six more than last week) at the medium level: Bradford, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna and Union.
Introduced on Feb. 25, community levels measure not only new cases, but also new hospitalizations and local hospital capacity to determine mitigation guidelines. At the low level, there is no recommendation for indoor masking and at the medium level masks are recommended only for those with increased risk of severe illness. At the high level, universal indoor masking in places open to the public is recommended.
Centre County was at the high level for the first week of the new metrics and dropped to the medium level on March 3 before moving to low on March 10. At the low level, a community 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.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center has two COVID-19 inpatients, two fewer than on Thursday, with none in intensive care or on ventilators. Patient ages and vaccination status were withheld to protect privacy.
It marks the hospital’s lowest COVID-19 inpatient count since June 2021.
Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their lowest level since Aug. 2. According to the Department of Health hospital preparedness dashboard, 531 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 12 fewer than on Thursday, with 83 in intensive care [-9] and 54 on ventilators [+4].
Deaths
DOH removed one COVID-19 death from Centre County’s total, which now stands at 345.
With 28 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 44,180.
New Cases
Centre County registered 12 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to bring its total to 35,031 since March 2020, according to DOH.
Among total cases, 31,109 are confirmed and 3,922 are probable. Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is nine, according to DOH, down from 10 a week ago and 32 a month ago.
Pennsylvania reported fewer than 1,000 new positives for the 14th time in 15 days. The 726 new cases bring the statewide total to 2,777,986.
The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 600, down from 747 a week ago and 1,897 a month ago.
Prison cases
Rockview state prison has no COVID-19 cases among inmates or staff, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Centre County’s other state prison, Benner, has one case among inmates and one among staff.
At Benner, 1,424 inmates are fully vaccinated, 18 are partially vaccinated and 189 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 314 are fully vaccinated and 314 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,716 inmates who are fully vaccinated, three who are partially vaccinated and 87 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 349 are fully vaccinated [+1] and 368 are not vaccinated [-1].
Vaccinations
As of Friday morning, 94,665 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 22 since Thursday, and 14,191 are partially covered [+14]. Booster doses have been administered to 49,634 county residents [+36]
Among the county’s entire population, 69.7% have received at least one dose, 59.3% are fully vaccinated and 51.2% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 75.1% have received at least one dose, 63.4% are fully vaccinated and 53.8% have received a booster.
Statewide, 77% of adults and 67.5% of the total population are fully vaccinated.
Vaccination appointments are available through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.
All individuals age 12 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.
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): 8,575 confirmed [+1], 1,190 probable [+2]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,195 confirmed [+1], 571 probable
16803 (State College): 3,232 confirmed [+1], 658 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,076 confirmed [+2], 297 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,844 confirmed, 278 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,281 confirmed, 171 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 1,079 confirmed, 100 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 785 confirmed [+1], 81 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 740 confirmed [+1], 101 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 648 confirmed, 74 probable
16844 (Julian): 541 confirmed, 52 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 519 confirmed, 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 298 confirmed [+1], 29 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 285 confirmed, 20 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 278 confirmed, 38 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 245 confirmed, 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 222 confirmed, 22 probable [+1]
16820 (Aaronsburg): 192 confirmed, 25 probable
16854 (Millheim): 181 confirmed, 15 probable
16829 (Clarence): 180 confirmed, 25 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 165 confirmed, 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 159 confirmed, 25 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 99 confirmed [+1], 11 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 probable
16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed, 9 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 81 confirmed, 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 49 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 39 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16804 (State College): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 20 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 29,586 [+7]
Clearfield: 19,237 [+5]
Mifflin: 12,247
Union: 11,669 [+1]
Huntingdon: 11,478 [+1]
Clinton: 9,023 [+2]
