Centre County added 13 new COVID-19 cases on Monday to bring its total to 674 since the first was reported on March 20, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The county also had 124 new negative test results. A total of 16,795 patients in Centre County have tested negative for the virus.
Like Sunday, overall tests and positive results were significantly lower than the previous four days, which averaged 40 positives and 411 negatives per day. The lower test result numbers are likely due to a lag in weekend reporting.
In the past two weeks the county has added 251 cases, 188 in the past week.
Among Monday’s new cases, 10 were in the State College and University Park zip codes. One new positive was reported among residents of Centre County nursing and personal care homes, which have had a combined 37 cases among residents and 23 among employees across eight facilities.
According to DOH data, Centre County has one COVID-19 hospitalization, down two from Sunday. Across Pennsylvania, 496 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, with 57 requiring use of a ventilator.
Statewide, the health department reported 547 new positives, increasing Pennsylvania’s total to 139,863.
There were 9,079 new negative test results statewide. A total of 1,608,378 patients in Pennsylvania have tested negative for the virus.
An estimated 82% of COVID-19 patients in the state — about 114,688 — have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.
The health department reported 20 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the state’s total at 7,780. DOH has reported 11 total COVID-19 deaths for Centre County, the most recent on Aug. 14. The coroner’s office has confirmed only seven, ranging in age from 74 to 96.
Most COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths have been among patients 65 and older, according to DOH.
Of the patients who have tested positive the age breakdown is as follows:
- Approximately 1% are ages 0-4;
- Nearly 2% are ages 5-12;
- Approximately 4% are ages 13-18;
- Nearly 11% are ages 19-24;
- Approximately 37% are ages 25-49;
- Approximately 22% are ages 50-64; and
- Nearly 23% are ages 65 or older
Among Pennsylvania’s total cases, 135,862 are confirmed and 4,001 are probable. In Centre County, 627 are confirmed and 47 are probable. All 13 cases reported on Monday were confirmed.
Centre County’s cases by zip code, according to available DOH data:
*Note: Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department. Daily increases are in brackets.
16801 (State College): 241 confirmed [+6], 18 probable
16823 (Bellefonte): 74 confirmed, 6 probable
16803 (State College): 64 confirmed [+1], 6 probable
16802 (University Park): 61 confirmed [+3]
16866 (Philipsburg): 26 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 23 confirmed
16841 (Howard): 23 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 21 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 17 confirmed
16828 (Centre Hall): 13 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16851 (Lemont) 7 confirmed
16853 (Milesburg): 7 confirmed
16854 (Millheim) 6 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16844 (Julian) 6 confirmed
16877 (Warrior’s Mark) 6 confirmed
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace) 5 confirmed
16820 (Aaronsburg) 5 confirmed
16677 (Sandy Ridge), 16804 (State College), 16826 (Blanchard), 16829 (Clarence), 16832 (Coburn), 16845 (Karthaus), 16852 (Madisonburg), 16856 (Mingoville), 16868 (Pine Grove Mills), 16872 (Rebersburg), 16874 (Snow Shoe) and 16882 (Woodward) each have 1-4 confirmed or probable cases.
Among Centre County’s bordering counties, Blair now has 496 [+1] total cases, Union has 417 [+9], Huntingdon has 387 [+1], Clearfield has 256, Mifflin has 174 [+2] and Clinton has 160 [+3].
