Centre County reported 73 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to bring its total to 19,024, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 17,228 are confirmed and 1,796 are probable.
Pennsylvania added 5,071 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,402,826.
The county also had 166 new negative test results for a total of 78,669. Statewide there were 12,413 negatives to bring the total to 5,390,149.
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 234.
With 34 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 29,064.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 36 COVID-19 patients, ranging in age from 19 to 80 as of Friday afternoon, four more than were registered with the Department of Health on Thursday.
According to Mount Nittany’s newly released COVID-19 inpatient dashboard, 29 of the COVID-19 inpatients are not vaccinated against the virus and seven are fully vaccinated.
Four are in intensive care [+2 since Thursday] and three are on ventilators [+1].
Since Sept. 1, Mount Nittany has had a total of 106 COVID-19 inpatients, according to a hospital spokesperson. That’s 37 more than it had for the month of August and seven times as many as it had in September 2020.
The average age of Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatients in September is 58, Tiffany Cabibbo, vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer, said in a statement.
Mount Nittany had an average daily census of 34 COVID-19 inpatients this week, up from 28 the previous week.
“We are alarmed at the escalating rate of COVID positive hospitalizations,” Cabibbo said.
“As a community, and as doctors and nurses on the front lines, we have been fighting the pandemic for more than a year and half now. We strongly urge the community to please get vaccinated, social distance, avoid large gatherings, wear a mask, and wash your hands frequently. In addition, if you are experiencing any symptoms or have been exposed to someone who is COVID positive, then please isolate yourself from others.”
Mount Nittany continues operating under its pandemic response plan to adjust services, including prohibiting visitors except in special circumstances and making daily decisions to cancel or reschedule elective surgeries and procedures that require an overnight stay.
Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,641 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 88 since Thursday, with 662 in intensive care [+29] and 324 on ventilators [+13]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since April 24.
An estimated 90% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation that considers a case as recovered if it has not been reported as a death and it is more than 30 days past the date of the first positive test or onset of symptoms.
Vaccinations
As of Friday morning, 82,557 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+78 since Thursday] and 6,365 are partially covered [-25]. Booster doses have been administered to 1,227 county residents [+35]. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 61.4% of the county’s entire population and 68.4% of adult residents have received at least one dose.
Statewide, 68.2% of adults are vaccinated and Pennsylvania is fifth in the nation for total doses administered, according the CDC.
Vaccination appointments for ages 12 and older are available through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.
A free vaccine clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center prior to the Penn State football game against Villanova.
Transmission level
All 67 counties in Pennsylvania are at the highest level for community transmission of COVID-19 on the Centers for Disease Control scale, according to the latest county-level data update on Friday afternoon.
Transmission levels are based on positivity rate and cases per 100,000 people for the previous seven days. At the substantial and high levels, CDC guidance recommends all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in public indoor settings.
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): 6082 confirmed [+6], 481 probable [+1]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,063 confirmed [+6], 309 probable [+1]
16803 (State College): 1,656 confirmed [+4], 236 probable [+2]
16802 (University Park): 1,532 confirmed [+1], 67 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,033 confirmed [+8], 150 probable [+5]
16870 (Port Matilda): 590 confirmed, 90 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 526 confirmed [+4], 67 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 380 confirmed [+2], 40 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 365 confirmed [+3], 47 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 358 confirmed [+2], 49 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 307 confirmed [+2], 15 probable
16844 (Julian): 264 confirmed [+1], 33 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 149 confirmed, 12 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 144 confirmed, 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 129 confirmed, 21 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 110 confirmed [+3], 12 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 101 confirmed [+1], 9 probable
16854 (Millheim): 98 confirmed, 8 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 92 confirmed, 20 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 84 confirmed, 9 probable
16829 (Clarence): 83 confirmed, 20 probable
16851 (Lemont): 69 confirmed, 14 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 52 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 44 confirmed, 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 38 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed, 5 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable
16835 (Fleming): 28 confirmed, 7 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 26 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 16 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed
16804 (State College): 12 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 15,127 [+71]
Clearfield: 9,951 [+38]
Union: 6,723 [+15]
Mifflin: 6,137 [+35]
Huntingdon: 5,971 [+40]
Clinton: 4,225 [+11]
