Centre County Adds 13 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 2,210 New Positives

Centre County reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 16,679, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania added 2,210 positives for a statewide total of 1,185,132.

The county also also had 51 additional negative test results to increase its total to 69,064. Across Pennsylvania, there were 7,779 new negatives for a total of 4,509,607.

Centre County’s positivity rate declined for the sixth straight week. For the week of May 7-13, the county’s PCR testing positivity rate was 5.6%, down from 7.1% the previous seven days, according to the updated DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. Pennsylvania’s statewide positivity rate was 5.3%, down from 6.6% the previous week and marking a decline for the fourth consecutive week.

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, which includes Mount Nittany Medical Center and rehabilitation hospitals, nine COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, one fewer than on Friday. None are in intensive care or on ventilators.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 1,573 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of 32 since Friday, with 357 patients in intensive care [-16] and 231 on ventilators [-6].

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 221.

With 25 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 26,749.

An estimated 92% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.

As of Saturday morning, 61,400 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 16,980 are partially covered.

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. The state-run Regional Vaccination Clinic at the Bryce Jordan Center offers vaccines to individuals 18 and older by appointment or walk-in.

Among Centre County’s cases, 15,201 are confirmed and 1,478 are probable. Statewide, 995,469 are confirmed and 189,663 are probable.

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. New cases are not always immediately assigned zip codes

16801 (State College): 5,591 confirmed [+2], 391 probable [+2]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,735 confirmed [+4], 261 probable

16803 (State College): 1,466 confirmed [-1], 183 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,378 confirmed, 54 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 889 confirmed [+1], 127 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 511 confirmed, 75 probable

16841 (Howard): 435 confirmed, 49 probable [+1]

16828 (Centre Hall): 308 confirmed, 33 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 302 confirmed, 46 probable [+1]

16827 (Boalsburg): 289 confirmed, 44 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 285 confirmed, 12 probable

16844 (Julian): 209 confirmed, 23 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 134 confirmed, 7 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 124 confirmed, 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 102 confirmed, 18 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 91 confirmed, 9 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 85 confirmed, 12 probable

16854 (Millheim): 86 confirmed [+1], 8 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 77 confirmed, 9 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 75 confirmed, 20 probable

16829 (Clarence): 68 confirmed, 14 probable

16851 (Lemont): 59 confirmed, 6 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 45 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 31 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 30 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 30 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 29 confirmed, 6 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 15 confirmed, 7 probable

16882 (Woodward): 15 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed

16804 (State College): 11 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 13,102 [+46]

Clearfield: 8,455 [+16]

Union: 6,054 [+3]

Mifflin: 5,312 [+2]

Huntingdon: 5,047 [+2]

Clinton: 3,632 [+6]