Centre County Adds 42 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 5,143 New Positives
Centre County reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to increase its total to 22,582, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 20,350 are confirmed and 2,232 are probable.
Pennsylvania added 5,143 positives, bringing the statewide total to 1,721,743.
The county also had 65 new negative test results to bring the total to 84,568. Statewide, there were 4,786 new negatives for a total of 5,895,837.
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 258.
With four new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 33,251.
Hospitalizations
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 48 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, four more than on Friday. Four are in intensive care and four are on ventilators.
For the week of Nov. 19-Nov. 25, Centre County had 38 average daily COVID hospitalizations, up from 31 the previous seven days, according to the updated Department of Health early warning monitoring dashboard.
Pennsylvania has 3,548 COVID-19 inpatients, 83 more than on Friday, with 806 in intensive care [+31] and 464 on ventilators [+14]. The statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are the most since Jan. 30.
Statewide there were 3,276.3 average daily COVID hospitalizations from Nov. 19 to 25, up from 2,860.4 the prior week.
An estimated 91% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation that considers a case as recovered if it has not been reported as a death and it is more than 30 days past the date of the first positive test or onset of symptoms.
Positivity rate
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of Nov. 19-25 was 11.2%, up from 10% the previous seven days, according to the monitoring dashboard. The rate was ninth lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 460 new cases for that seven-day period, 98 more than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 12.1%, up slightly from 12% the previous seven days. The commonwealth had 32,662 new positives between Nov. 12-18, 526 more than the prior week.
Cases Among Children
DOH did not provide a breakdown of COVID-19 cases among children for last week.
For the 2021-2022 school year, DOH is providing weekly updated case counts for two age groups: 0-4 capturing preschool and daycare age children and 5-18 capturing kindergarten through high school age children. The case counts do not necessarily represent exposure in school or daycare settings and the location of exposure cannot be determined in most cases.
For the most recently reported week of Nov. 10-16, there were eight new cases among children in the 0-4 age group and 53 in the 5-18 age group in Centre County. About 20% of all cases in Centre County that week were among children 0-18.
Since Aug. 16, there have been 914 cases among individuals between the ages of 0 and 18 in Centre County — 136 between the ages of 0-4 and 778 between the ages of 5 and 18 — representing about 21% of all cases during that time.
Prison cases
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has 77 active COVID-19 cases among inmates — unchanged from Friday and nearly triple the second highest state correctional facility — and 28 among staff, also the highest among any SCI.
Rockview state prison has two active inmate cases and five among staff. Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,569 inmates are fully vaccinated, 14 are partially vaccinated and 198 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 279 are fully vaccinated and 349 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,661 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 60 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 325 are fully vaccinated and 392 are not vaccinated.
Transmission level
All 67 counties in Pennsylvania are at the highest level for community transmission of COVID-19 on the Centers for Disease Control scale, according to the latest county-level data update.
Transmission levels are based on positivity rate and cases per 100,000 people for the previous seven days. At the substantial and high levels, CDC guidance recommends all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in public indoor settings.
Vaccinations
As of Saturday morning, 86,499 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+59 since Friday] and 11,383 are partially covered [+17]. Third doses have been administered to 22,264 county residents [+216].
Among the county’s entire population, 68.3% have received at least one dose and 52.4% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.6% have received at least one dose and 58.3% are fully vaccinated.
Statewide, 68.8% of adults and 58% of the total population are fully vaccinated.
Vaccination appointments through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.
All adults are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.
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): 6,562 confirmed [+5], 589 probable [-1]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,853 confirmed [+11], 376 probable
16803 (State College): 1,869 confirmed [+2], 288 probable [+1]
16802 (University Park): 1,604 confirmed, 93 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,263 confirmed [+2], 214 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 744 confirmed, 110 probable
16841 (Howard): 683 confirmed [+1], 79 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 481 confirmed, 52 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 478 confirmed, 58 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 432 confirmed, 62 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 352 confirmed, 22 probable
16844 (Julian): 346 confirmed [+1], 42 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 191 confirmed, 12 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 189 confirmed [+1], 22 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 162 confirmed [+1], 27 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 150 confirmed, 14 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 120 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16829 (Clarence): 121 confirmed, 24 probable
16854 (Millheim): 121 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 114 confirmed, 24 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 100 confirmed, 11 probable
16851 (Lemont): 84 confirmed, 17 probable [+1]
16859 (Moshannon): 61 confirmed, 5 probable
16832 (Coburn): 61 confirmed [+1], 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 49 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 43 confirmed, 7 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 35 confirmed, 8 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 34 confirmed, 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 33 confirmed, 8 probable
16882 (Woodward): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 14 confirmed
16804 (State College): 13 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 20,496 [+131]
Clearfield: 12,649 [+38]
Union: 8,105 [+25]
Mifflin: 8,096 [+17]
Huntingdon: 7,543 [+32]
Clinton: 5,944 [+5]