Centre County Adds 40 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 2,597 New Positives

Centre County reported 40 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 16,472, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania added 2,597 positives for a statewide total of 1,164,216.

Among Centre County’s cases, 15,020 are confirmed and 1,452 are probable. Statewide, 979,486 are confirmed and 184,730 are probable.

The county also also had 138 additional negative test results to increase its total to 68,305. Across Pennsylvania, there were 7,311 new negatives for a total of 4,429,718.

Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 19 COVID-19 inpatients, two more than on Tuesday. The patients range in age from 37 to 93. According to DOH’s hospital preparedness dashboard, two COVID-19 patients in Centre County are in intensive care and one is on a ventilator.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,131 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of 41 since Tuesday, with 467 patients in intensive care [-13] and 258 on ventilators [-5].

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the county’s total at 220.

With 56 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 26,390.

Among Centre County nursing and personal care homes, four resident cases were removed from the DOH tally and one employee cases was added. A total of 18 long-term care facilities in the county have had 724 resident cases, 159 employee cases and 164 resident deaths.

An estimated 89% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.

As of Wednesday morning, 53,609 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 19,637 are partially covered.

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.

16801 (State College): 5,544 confirmed [+9], 385 probable [-2]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,692 confirmed [+10], 254 probable

16803 (State College): 1,452 confirmed [+4], 181 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,360 confirmed [+7], 53 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 869 confirmed [+3], 124 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 508 confirmed, 73 probable

16841 (Howard): 431 confirmed [+1], 47 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 308 confirmed, 32 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 300 confirmed [+1], 43 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 285 confirmed [-2], 44 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 282 confirmed [+1], 10 probable

16844 (Julian): 200 confirmed, 23 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 131 confirmed, 6 probable

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

16874 (Snow Shoe): 102 confirmed, 18 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 88 confirmed [+1], 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 84 confirmed, 12 probable

16854 (Millheim): 84 confirmed [+1], 8 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 75 confirmed [+1], 9 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 71 confirmed [+1], 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

16856 (Mingoville): 29 confirmed, 6 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 29 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 15 confirmed, 7 probable

16882 (Woodward): 14 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed

16804 (State College): 11 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 12,743 [+23]

Clearfield: 8,280 [+26]

Union: 5,965 [+13]

Mifflin: 5,220 [+16]

Huntingdon: 4,954 [+25]

Clinton: 3,577 [+4]