Centre County Adds 21 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 1,493 New Positives

Centre County reported 21 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday — its most in one day since May 25 — to increase its total 17,112, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania had its highest single-day increase in new cases since May 22. The 1,493 new positives bring the commonwealth’s total to 1,230,454.

(On Tuesday, when StateCollege.com did not publish a COVID data update, there were 1,442 new cases statewide, including 10 in Centre County.)

The county also reported 93 negative test results on Wednesday to bring its total to 73,010. Statewide, there were 6,563 new negatives for a total of 4,934,861.

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 228. 

With 15 new COVID-19 deaths statewide — the most since June 22 — Pennsylvania’s total is now 27,883.

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, eight COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County. Two are in intensive care and none are on ventilators.

Statewide, 563 COVID-19 inpatients are hospitalized, unchanged from Tuesday, with 126 in intensive care [+16] and 61 on ventilators.

An estimated 96% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.

As of Wednesday morning, 77,876 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 5,677 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.

Among Centre County’s cases, 15,582 are confirmed and 1,530 are probable.

Centre County’s cases by zip code:

*Note: Because StateCollege.com did not publish an update on Tuesday, changes in brackets are for two days. 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): 5,697 confirmed [+3], 408 probable [-1]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,807 confirmed [+18], 272 probable

16803 (State College): 1,501 confirmed [+1], 190 probable [+1]

16802 (University Park): 1,406 confirmed [+1], 57 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 946 confirmed [+3], 132 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 529 confirmed [+1], 76 probable

16841 (Howard): 443 confirmed, 51 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 316 confirmed, 34 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 306 confirmed, 46 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 304 confirmed [+3], 46 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 292 confirmed, 12 probable

16844 (Julian): 224 confirmed, 24 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 138 confirmed, 8 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 125 confirmed [+1], 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 107 confirmed, 17 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 92 confirmed, 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 88 confirmed, 12 probable

16854 (Millheim): 88 confirmed, 8 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 77 confirmed, 9 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 75 confirmed, 20 probable

16829 (Clarence): 71 confirmed, 16 probable [+1]

16851 (Lemont): 61 confirmed, 7 probable

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

16832 (Coburn): 34 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 29 confirmed, 6 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 17 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
*Increases in brackets are for two days

Blair: 13,589 [+7]

Clearfield: 8,769 [+24]

Union: 6,201 [+2]

Mifflin: 5,472 [+8]

Huntingdon: 5,213 [+9]

Clinton: 3,740 [+9]