Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death; Statewide Hospitalizations Continue to Decline

Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death on Tuesday, its 328th since the start of the pandemic and seventh reported this month, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

COVID-19 case totals for Centre County and statewide decreased on Tuesday. “Due to a code error, duplicate numbers for cases were generated and appeared on [Monday’s] dashboard,” a DOH spokesperson said. The error was corrected and numbers were revised on Tuesday.

Centre County’s case total now stands at 33,921 (76 fewer than were listed on Monday), with 41 of those recorded on Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania’s Open Data system. Among total cases, 30,171 are confirmed and 3,750 are probable.

The county’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 74, according to DOH data, down from 134 a week ago and 234 two weeks ago.

Pennsylvania’s case total decreased by 4,483 to 2,703,408, with 3,593 new positives registered on Tuesday.

The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 5,129, down from 10,639 a week ago and 14,966 two weeks ago.

“Weekly COVID-19 trends in Pennsylvania are continuing to move in the right direction,” Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter said in a statement. “Continuing this trend requires a combination of simple prevention measures, personal responsibility and prompt action. Get vaccinated and boosted; wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status; get tested and stay home when you don’t feel well; and seek appropriate treatment when you’re sick.”

With 196 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 41,781.

Hospitalizations

Mount Nittany Medical Center has 43 COVID-19 inpatients, unchanged from Monday, with six in intensive care [+1] and two on ventilators [-1].

The patients range in age from 27 to 95, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Twenty are vaccinated and 23 are not vaccinated.

Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to decline and are at their lowest level since Nov. 22. According to the DOH dashboard, 3,341 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 193 fewer than on Monday, with 558 patients in intensive care [-48] and 358 on ventilators [-14].

In the last week, Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped by 26%.

Nursing and personal care home cases

Long-term care facilities in Centre County reported three new COVID-19 cases among residents and two among employees. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 757 resident cases, 732 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, two more than on Monday, and 12 among staff [-9].

Rockview state prison has 16 active inmate cases [-2] and six among staff [-7].

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,475 inmates are fully vaccinated, 16 are partially vaccinated and 189 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 310 are fully vaccinated and 318 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,705 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 61 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 339 are fully vaccinated [-1] and 378 are not vaccinated [+1].

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 Tuesday morning, 93,378 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 39 since Monday, and 14,029 are partially covered [-5]. Booster doses have been administered to 47,612 county residents [+57].

Among the county’s entire population, 68.8% have received at least one dose, 58.6% are fully vaccinated and 49.9% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.1% have received at least one dose, 62.8% are fully vaccinated and 52.4% have received a booster.

Statewide, 75.9% of adults and 66.1% 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: Net changes since Monday 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): 8,392 confirmed [-14], 1,114 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 5,996 confirmed [-30], 552 probable [+3]

16803 (State College): 3,108 confirmed [-4], 625 probable [+6]

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,967 confirmed, 294 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,810 confirmed [+1], 260 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,216 confirmed [+1], 163 probable

16841 (Howard): 1,040 confirmed [+2], 95 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 761 confirmed [-11], 80 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 705 confirmed [-12], 98 probable [+2]

16875 (Spring Mills): 633 confirmed [-8], 71 probable

16844 (Julian): 523 confirmed, 53 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 506 confirmed, 35 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 287 confirmed [-6], 29 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 275 confirmed, 20 probable [+1]

16874 (Snow Shoe): 265 confirmed, 35 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 238 confirmed, 16 probable [+1]

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 215 confirmed, 20 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 178 confirmed [+1], 26 probable

16829 (Clarence): 176 confirmed [+1], 24 probable

16854 (Millheim): 171 confirmed [-3], 16 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 156 confirmed [-6], 16 probable

16851 (Lemont): 154 confirmed, 24 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 96 confirmed, 6 probable

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

16832 (Coburn): 86 confirmed, 8 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 74 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 [-6], 5 confirmed [+at least 1]

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: 28,496 [-1]

Clearfield: 18,459 [-31]

Mifflin: 11,834 [+11]

Union: 11,276 [-25]

Huntingdon: 11,089 [-20]

Clinton: 8,715 [+11]