Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 62 Cases
Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 62 more cases of the virus on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The death is the county’s 234th attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and third this month. The county had three COVID deaths in August and one in July.
The new cases bring Centre County’s total to 18,893 (17,113 confirmed and 1,780 probable).
Pennsylvania added 4,394 new positives to increase the statewide total to 1,392,266.
With 66 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 28,998.
The county also had 151 new negative test results for a total of 78,362. Statewide there were 11,185 negatives to bring the total to 5,364,459.
Hospitalizations
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 32 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, with two in intensive care and two on ventilators — all unchanged from Tuesday.
Pennsylvania has 2,518 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 97 since Tuesday, with 613 in intensive care [+4] and 314 on ventilators. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since April 25.
An estimated 91% 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.
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 Tuesday 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.
Vaccinations
As of Wednesday morning, 82,392 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+88 since Tuesday] and 6,436 are partially covered [-34]. Booster doses have been administered to 1,160 county residents [+46]. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 61.1% of the county’s entire population and 68.1% of adult residents have received at least one dose.
Statewide, 67.9% 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.
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): 6,060 confirmed [+11], 481 probable [+5]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,047 confirmed [+9], 306 probable [-1]
16803 (State College): 1,646 confirmed [+6], 233 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,531 confirmed [+5], 67 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,022 confirmed [+1], 145 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 587 confirmed, 88 probable
16841 (Howard): 519 confirmed [+5], 68 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 377 confirmed [+3], 39 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 362 confirmed [+2], 47 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 355 confirmed [+1], 49 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 304 confirmed, 15 probable
16844 (Julian): 261 confirmed, 33 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 149 confirmed, 12 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 144 confirmed [+1], 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 127 confirmed [+2], 21 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 107 confirmed [+3], 12 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 100 confirmed, 9 probable
16854 (Millheim): 97 confirmed [+1], 8 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 92 confirmed [+1], 20 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 84 confirmed, 9 probable
16829 (Clarence): 83 confirmed, 20 probable
16851 (Lemont): 69 confirmed, 12 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 51 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 44 confirmed, 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 37 confirmed [+2], 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable
16835 (Fleming): 27 confirmed [+2], 7 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 25 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: 14,989 [+26]
Clearfield: 9,876 [+27]
Union: 6,694 [+17]
Mifflin: 6,070 [+33]
Huntingdon: 5,913 [+18]
Clinton: 4,183 [+23]