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Centre County Adds 2 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 703 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 6-5-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for June 5, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported two new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing its total to 16,871. It was the county’s 11th consecutive day with fewer than 10 cases.

Pennsylvania added 488 cases — the eighth straight day with fewer than 1,000 — for statewide total of 1,205,290.

The county reported 56 additional negative test results, bringing its total to 69,837 Across Pennsylvania, there were 6,035 additional negatives for a total of 4,632,895.

Centre County saw a decline in its positivity rate last week, dipping below 2%. For the week of May 28-June 3, the county’s PCR testing positivity rate was 1.8%, down from 3.9% the previous seven days, according to the updated DOH early warning monitoring dashboard.

It was the seventh lowest positivity rate in the state.

Pennsylvania’s statewide positivity rate was 2.9%, down from 3.7% the previous seven days and marking a decline for the seventh consecutive week.

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, nine COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, including one in intensive care and on a ventilator.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 855 COVID-19 inpatients, a increase of five since Friday, with 243 in intensive care [+43] and 115 on ventilators [-5].

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the county’s total at 224.

With 24 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 27,349.

An estimated 95% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a health department calculation.

As of Saturday morning, 70,837 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 12,180 are partially covered.

Vaccination appointments for ages 12 and older are available through Centre Volunteers in MedicineMount 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, 15,374 are confirmed and 1,497 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. Cases are not always immediately assigned zip codes.

16801 (State College): 5,652 confirmed [-1], 399 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,754 confirmed, 266 probable [-1]

16803 (State College): 1,475 confirmed, 183 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,399 confirmed [+1], 56 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 919 confirmed [+1], 129 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 516 confirmed, 76 probable

16841 (Howard): 440 confirmed, 49 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 309 confirmed, 33 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 303 confirmed, 46 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 297 confirmed, 45 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 286 confirmed, 12 probable

16844 (Julian): 222 confirmed, 24 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 135 confirmed, 7 probable

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

16874 (Snow Shoe): 104 confirmed [+1], 18 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 91 confirmed, 8 probable

16854 (Millheim): 87 confirmed, 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 86 confirmed, 12 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 77 confirmed, 9 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 75 confirmed, 20 probable

16829 (Clarence): 68 confirmed, 14 probable

16851 (Lemont): 60 confirmed, 6 probable

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

16832 (Coburn): 32 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 32 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 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): 12 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 13,470 [+2]

Clearfield: 8,609 [+8]

Union: 6,138 [+2]

Mifflin: 5,404 [+1]

Huntingdon: 5,117 [+2]

Clinton: 3,690 [+4]

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