Centre County Adds 34 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 2,577
Centre County reported 34 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 13,000, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Pennsylvania added 2,577 positives, bringing its total to 938,411.
The county also had 127 additional negative test results, increasing its total to 61,502. Across Pennsylvania there were 8,368 new negatives for a total of 3,906,535.
DOH reported one new death attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, bringing the county’s total to 211.
With 69 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide Pennsylvania’s total is now 24,169.
Mount Nittany Medical Center is currently treating 12 COVID-19 inpatients, three fewer than on Tuesday. The patients range in age from 24 to 84, according to a hospital spokesperson.
COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide continue to decline. Across Pennsylvania on Tuesday, 1,648 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, including 357 in intensive care and 186 on ventilators.
Nursing and personal care homes in Centre County reported two new COVID-19 case among residents. A total of 18 long-term care facilities in the county have had a combined 709 resident cases, 147 employee cases and 161 resident deaths.
An estimated 90% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.
A total of 26,158 people in Centre County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 12,278 who are fully covered with both required doses, according to health department data.
Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Wednesday that Pennsylvania will use the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine for PreK-12 teachers and other school staff. Pennsylvania will receive its first 94,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week and the state will work with intermediate units to establish vaccination sites. The Pennsylvania National Guard and AMI Expeditionary Healthcare (AMI) will administer the vaccine.
Each intermediate unit region will have at least one vaccination location with most locations starting vaccinations between March 10 and 13. Eligible school staff will receive information about vaccine locations and registration instructions.
Among Pennsylvania’s total cases, 806,688 are confirmed and 131,723 are probable. In Centre County, 11,942 are confirmed and 1,058 are probable.
DOH has not updated case counts by zip code as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday
Centre County’s cases by zip code as of Tuesday, according to available DOH data:
*Note: Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department.
16801 (State College): 4,694 confirmed, 315 probable
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,189 confirmed, 171 probable
16803 (State College): 1,134 confirmed, 130 probable
16802 (University Park): 823 confirmed, 31 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 744 confirmed, 84 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 387 confirmed, 48 probable
16841 (Howard): 330 confirmed, 32 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 254 confirmed, 8 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 240 confirmed, 26 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 230 confirmed, 30 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 223 confirmed, 30 probable
16844 (Julian): 167 confirmed, 18 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 114 confirmed, 6 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 93 confirmed, 14 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 73 confirmed, 6 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 91 confirmed, 12 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 64 confirmed, 6 probable
16854 (Millheim): 59 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16829 (Clarence): 55 confirmed, 9 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 53 confirmed, 6 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 48 confirmed, 11 probable
16851 (Lemont): 46 confirmed, 5 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 42 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 28 confirmed, 5 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 24 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 24 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 22 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 17 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed
16835 (Fleming): 11 confirmed, 5 probable
16804 (State College): 8 confirmed
16882 (Woodward): 8 confirmed
Among Centre County’s bordering counties, Blair now has 10,646 [+9] total cases, Clearfield has 6,334 [+26], Union has 5,273 [+12], Mifflin has 4,603 [+13], Huntingdon has 4,226 [+16] and Clinton has 2,824 [+12].