Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 70 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 4,629 New Positives

Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 70 more cases of the virus on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The death is the county’s 330th attributed to COVID-19 since March 2020 and ninth reported this month. The new cases bring the county’s total to 34,068 (30,300 confirmed and 3,768 probable).

Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 66, down from 120 a week ago and 211 two weeks ago.

Pennsylvania reported 4,629 new COVID-19 positives to bring the statewide total to 2,713,459.

The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 4,534, down from 8,512 a week ago and 14,078 two weeks ago.

With 138 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 42,035.

Hospitalizations

Mount Nittany Medical Center has 33 COVID-19 inpatients, five fewer than on Wednesday and its lowest census since late November, with one in intensive care [-2] and none on ventilators [-3].

The patients range in age from 27 to 98, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Fourteen are vaccinated and 19 are not vaccinated.

Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 3,185 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 139 fewer than on Wednesday, with 501 patients in intensive care [-34] and 338 on ventilators [-27].

Pennsylvania’s COVID-hospitalizations are at their lowest level since Nov. 22 and are less than half of the peak reached in mid-January.

Nursing and personal care home cases

Long-term care facilities in Centre County reported one new COVID-19 case among residents and five among employees. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 759 resident cases, 737 employee cases and 182 resident deaths.

Prison cases

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has 23 active COVID-19 cases among inmates and 13 among staff, one more than on Wednesday.

Rockview state prison has 9 active inmate cases [-7] and five among staff [-1].

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,474 inmates are fully vaccinated, 17 are partially vaccinated and 193 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 310 are fully vaccinated and 318 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,699 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 61 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 346 are fully vaccinated [+7] and 371 are not vaccinated [-7].

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.

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 Thursday morning, 93,484 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 56 since Wednesday, and 14,014 are partially covered [-19]. Booster doses have been administered to 47,743 county residents [+54].

Among the county’s entire population, 68.9% have received at least one dose, 58.6% are fully vaccinated and 50% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.2% have received at least one dose, 62.8% are fully vaccinated and 52.5% have received a booster.

Statewide, 76% of adults and 66.3% 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: The Department of Health did not update zip code case data on Thursday. 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): 8,405 confirmed, 1,119 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,008 confirmed, 553 probable

16803 (State College): 3,121 confirmed, 627 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,978 confirmed, 294 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,809 confirmed, 260 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,224 confirmed, 164 probable

16841 (Howard): 1,042 confirmed, 96 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 762 confirmed, 80 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 708 confirmed, 99 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 634 confirmed, 71 probable

16844 (Julian): 526 confirmed, 53 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 506 confirmed, 35 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 288 confirmed, 29 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 275 confirmed, 20 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 265 confirmed, 35 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 239 confirmed, 16 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 216 confirmed, 20 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 178 confirmed, 26 probable

16829 (Clarence): 176 confirmed, 24 probable

16854 (Millheim): 172 confirmed, 16 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 156 confirmed, 16 probable

16851 (Lemont): 154 confirmed, 24 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 96 confirmed, 6 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 92 confirmed, 11 probable

16832 (Coburn): 87 confirmed, 8 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 77 confirmed, 6 probable

16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 42 confirmed, 5 probable

16882 (Woodward): 38 confirmed, 5 confirmed

16804 (State College): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 19 confirmed

16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 28,667 [+96]

Clearfield: 18,572 [+45]

Mifflin: 11,917 [+29]

Union: 11,333 [+23]

Huntingdon: 11,147 [+35]

Clinton: 8,766 [+13]