Centre County added 37 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 652 since the first was reported on March 20.
The county also had 520 new negative test results, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A total of 16,556 patients in Centre County have tested negative for the virus.
In the past two weeks the county has added 237 cases, 190 in the past week. On Friday, the health department reported that over the previous seven days, Centre County had an incidence rate of 105 cases per 100,000 residents, the second highest in the state over that time.
That prompted State College Area School District on Friday to move to fully remote learning for next week. Penn State President Eric Barron also said that next week the university will assess data and consider whether to move to remote learning on a temporary or sustained basis. The vast majority of cases over the past two weeks have been tied to Penn State student testing, with the university reporting on Friday 174 new positives between Aug. 28-Sept. 3.
Centre County’s four highest single-day totals for new cases have occurred between Wednesday and Saturday (47, 40, 37 and 37).
Among Saturday’s new cases, 33 were in the State College and University Park zip codes. One new positive was reported among employees of Centre County nursing and personal care homes, which have had a combined 36 patient cases and 23 employee cases at eight facilities.
According to DOH data, Centre County has two COVID-19 hospitalizations. Across Pennsylvania, 505 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, with 66 requiring use of a ventilator.
Statewide, the health department reported 963 new positives, increasing Pennsylvania’s total to 138,625. Saturday’s numbers included 124 new cases in Philadelphia.
There were 12,202 new negative test results statewide. A total of 1,589,081 patients in Pennsylvania have tested negative for the virus.
An estimated 81% of COVID-19 patients in the state — about 112,286 — have recovered, according to a DOH calculation. The recovery estimate decreased by 1%.
The health department reported 18 new COVID-19 deaths, increasing the state’s total at 7,760. 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
- Approximately 23% are ages 65 or older
Among Pennsylvania’s total cases, 134,643 are confirmed and 3,982 are probable. In Centre County, 605 are confirmed and 47 are probable. All 37 cases reported on Saturday 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): 229 confirmed [+24], 18 probable
16823 (Bellefonte): 74 confirmed [+2], 6 probable
16803 (State College): 63 confirmed, 6 probable
16802 (University Park): 57 confirmed [+9]
16866 (Philipsburg): 26 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 23 confirmed
16870 (Port Matilda): 21 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16841 (Howard): 22 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 17 confirmed
16828 (Centre Hall): 12 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 493 [+3] total cases, Union has 407 [+10], Huntingdon has 383 [+1], Clearfield has 243 [+4], Mifflin has 171 [+1] and Clinton has 156 [+6].
