Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 15 Cases as Infection Rates and Hospitalizations Continue to Fall

Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 15 cases of the virus on Sunday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The death is the county’s 338th attributed to the virus since March 2020 and 16th reported this month. The new cases bring the county’s total to 34,708 (30,847 confirmed and 3,861 probable).

Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 25, down from 41 a week ago and 54 two weeks ago.

Pennsylvania recorded 915 new cases to bring the statewide total to 2,756,440. It was the smallest single-day case increase since Aug. 2.

The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 1,756, down from 2,763 a week ago and 3,538 two weeks ago.

With 12 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 43,215.

Hospitalizations

Local COVID-19 hospitalizations remain at their lowest since early September. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 15 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, two fewer than on Saturday, with none in intensive care or on ventilators for the 14th consecutive day.

Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped to their lowest level since Aug. 21. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 1,439 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 48 fewer than on Saturday, with 262 patients in intensive care [-15] and 162 on ventilators [-2].

COVID-19 Community Level

Centre County is among 15 counties in Pennsylvania that are at the high level for COVID-19 according to new metrics introduced by the Centers for Disease Control on Friday.

COVID-19 community levels measure new cases, but also new hospitalizations and local hospital capacity. At the high level, indoor masking is still recommended. About 37% of counties in the United States, including about 28% of the population, are at the high community level.

At the low and medium levels, there is no recommendation for indoor masking except for individuals at increased risk. In Pennsylvania, 17 counties are at the low level and 35 are at medium.

Nursing and personal care home cases

Long-term care facilities in Centre County reported no new COVID-19 cases among residents or employees. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 778 resident cases, 750 employee cases and 182 resident deaths.

Prison cases

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

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

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,452 inmates are fully vaccinated, 19 are partially vaccinated and 192 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 313 are fully vaccinated and 315 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,695 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 63 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 351 are fully vaccinated and 366 are not vaccinated.

Vaccinations

DOH did not update vaccination totals on Saturday or Sunday. As of Friday morning, 94,096 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 14,072 are partially covered. Booster doses have been administered to 48,662 county residents.

Among the county’s entire population, 69.3% have received at least one dose, 59% are fully vaccinated and 50.6% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.7% have received at least one dose, 63.2% are fully vaccinated and 53.3% have received a booster.

Statewide, 76.5% of adults and 66.9% 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 now 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): 8,512 confirmed [+2], 1,163 probable [+1]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,154 confirmed [+4], 568 probable

16803 (State College): 3,196 confirmed [+2], 641 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 2,038 confirmed [+1], 296 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,832 confirmed [+1], 269 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,268 confirmed, 169 probable

16841 (Howard): 1,071 confirmed [+1], 99 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 777 confirmed, 81 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 728 confirmed [+2], 102 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 646 confirmed, 73 probable

16844 (Julian): 538 confirmed, 52 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 516 confirmed [+2], 35 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 292 confirmed [+1], 29 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 283 confirmed, 20 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 272 confirmed, 36 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 243 confirmed, 16 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 220 confirmed, 21 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 186 confirmed, 26 probable

16829 (Clarence): 178 confirmed, 24 probable

16854 (Millheim): 177 confirmed, 15 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 165 confirmed, 16 probable

16851 (Lemont): 157 confirmed, 25 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 97 confirmed, 6 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 95 confirmed, 11 probable

16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed [+1], 8 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 80 confirmed, 6 probable

16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 43 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: 29,358 [+11]

Clearfield: 19,018 [+9]

Mifflin: 12,174 [+3]

Union: 11,544 [+3]

Huntingdon: 11,398 [+7]

Clinton: 8,967 [+2]