COVID-19 Hospitalizations at Mount Nittany Down 90% from a Month Ago; Centre County Adds 15 Cases

Centre County recorded 15 new COVID-19 cases on Friday as local and statewide hospitalizations for the virus continued to fall.

Mount Nittany Medical Center has three COVID-19 inpatients, one less than on Friday and its fewest since mid-July, with one in intensive care and none on ventilators. COVID hospitalizations are 90% lower than one month ago.

The patients range in age from 31 to 82, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. One is fully vaccinated and two are not vaccinated.

Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations fell below 900 for the first time since Aug. 10. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 876 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 26 fewer than on Thursday, with 137 in intensive care [-22] and 82 on ventilators [-8].

The new cases on Friday bring Centre County’s total to 34,891 (31,002 confirmed and 3,889 probable), according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The county’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 10, down from 21 a week ago and 61 a month ago. The average is the county’s lowest since Aug. 1.

Pennsylvania registered 937 new positives to increase the statewide total to 2,768,240.

The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 935, down from 1,251 a week ago and 3,987 a month ago. The statewide average is at its lowest since July 30.

Deaths

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 345.

With 41 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 43,808.

Community level

Centre County has dropped to the “low” community level for COVID-19 in the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday.

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.

All 67 counties in Pennsylvania are at the low or medium level this week. At the medium level, the CDC recommends masks indoors in public for those at risk of severe illness. At the high level, universal indoor public masking is recommended.

Prison cases

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has one active COVID-19 case among inmates and one among staff .

Rockview state prison has no active inmate cases and two among staff.

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,437 inmates are fully vaccinated, 13 are partially vaccinated and 195 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 314 are fully vaccinated and 314 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,692 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 64 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 351 are fully vaccinated and 366 are not vaccinated.

Vaccinations

As of Friday morning, 94,421 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 19 since Thursday, and 14,120 are partially covered [+4]. Booster doses have been administered to 49,176 county residents [+30].

Among the county’s entire population, 69.5% have received at least one dose, 59.2% are fully vaccinated and 50.8% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.8% have received at least one dose, 63.3% are fully vaccinated and 53.5% have received a booster.

Statewide, 76.7% of adults and 67.2% 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): 8,549 confirmed [+4], 1,178 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,183 confirmed, 570 probable [+1]

16803 (State College): 3,214 confirmed [+3], 648 probable [+1]

16866 (Philipsburg): 2064 confirmed [+2], 297 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,840 confirmed, 275 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,272 confirmed [+1], 169 probable

16841 (Howard): 1,076 confirmed [+1], 99 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 779 confirmed, 81 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 736 confirmed, 101 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 647 confirmed, 73 probable

16844 (Julian): 540 confirmed, 52 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 518 confirmed, 35 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 294 confirmed, 29 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 285 confirmed, 20 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 273 confirmed, 38 probable [+1]

16826 (Blanchard): 245 confirmed [+1], 16 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 222 confirmed, 21 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 191 confirmed, 25 probable

16854 (Millheim): 180 confirmed [+1], 15 probable

16829 (Clarence): 179 confirmed, 24 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 165 confirmed, 16 probable

16851 (Lemont): 158 confirmed, 25 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 97 confirmed, 11 probable

16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed, 8 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 81 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 46 confirmed [+1], 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: 29,513 [+14]

Clearfield: 19,161 [+13]

Mifflin: 12,233 [+4]

Union: 11,647 [+6]

Huntingdon: 11,448

Clinton: 8,998 [+2]