Centre County Adds 45 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 2,610 New Positives

Centre County reported 45 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 16,569, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania added 2,610 positives for a statewide total of 1,172,288.

The county also also had 75 additional negative test results to increase its total to 68,577. Across Pennsylvania, there were 7,906 new negatives for a total of 4,457,559.

Centre County’s positivity rate declined for the fifth straight week. For the week of April 30-May 6, the county’s PCR testing positivity rate was 6.8%, down from 7% the previous seven days, according to the updated DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. Pennsylvania’s statewide positivity rate was 6.6%, down from 7.6% the previous week and marking a decline for the third consecutive week.

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, which includes Mount Nittany Medical Center and rehabilitation hospitals, 16 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County with none in intensive care or on ventilators, which is unchanged from Friday.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 1,924 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of 88 since Friday, with 427 patients in intensive care [-9] and 242 on ventilators [+5].

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the county’s total at 220 for the 10th consecutive day.

With 38 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 26,532.

An estimated 90% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.

As of Saturday morning, 56,510 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 18,777 are partially covered.

Among Centre County’s cases, 15,107 are confirmed and 1,462 are probable. Statewide, 985,719 are confirmed and 186,569 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. New cases are not always immediately assigned zip codes

16801 (State College): 5,565 confirmed [+10], 387 probable [+1]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,707 confirmed [+4], 257 probable [+2]

16803 (State College): 1,461 confirmed [+5], 183 probable [+2]

16802 (University Park): 1,372 confirmed [+8], 53 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 874 confirmed [+3], 127 probable [+1]

16870 (Port Matilda): 509 confirmed, 74 probable [+1]

16841 (Howard): 431 confirmed, 48 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 308 confirmed, 32 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 302 confirmed [+1], 43 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 285 confirmed, 45 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 285 confirmed [+1], 12 probable [+1]

16844 (Julian): 206 confirmed [+3], 23 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 134 confirmed, 6 probable

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

16874 (Snow Shoe): 102 confirmed, 18 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 90 confirmed [+2], 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 85 confirmed, 12 probable

16854 (Millheim): 84 confirmed, 8 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 77 confirmed, 9 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 74 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

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 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): 11 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 12,877 [+51]

Clearfield: 8,351 [+24]

Union: 6,004 [+11]

Mifflin: 5,257 [+4]

Huntingdon: 4,997 [+14]

Clinton: 3,594 [+7]