Centre County Adds 54 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 3,361

Centre County reported 54 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 12,879, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania added 3,361 cases, bringing its total to 929,697.

The county also had 135 additional negative test results, increasing its total to 61,097. Across Pennsylvania there were 12,281 new negatives for a total of 3,876,216.

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents for the sixth consecutive day, keeping the county’s total at 208.

With 63 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide Pennsylvania’s total is now 24,000.

According to DOH’s hospital preparedness dashboard, which includes Mount Nittany Medical Center and rehabilitation hospitals, 10 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, with none in intensive care or on ventilators.

Across Pennsylvania, 1,785 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, including 386 in intensive care and 209 on ventilators.

Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for Feb. 19 through Feb. 25 was 7.6%, up from 4.5% the previous seven days, according to the updated DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. Pennsylvania’s statewide PCR testing positivity rate was 6.3%, down from 6.5% the previous week.

One new employee case was added to the total for Centre County nursing and personal care homes and two resident cases were removed. A total of 18 long-term care facilities in the county have had a combined 699 resident cases, 147 employee cases and 158 resident deaths.

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

A total of 23,265 people in Centre County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 8,385 who are fully covered with both required doses, according to health department data last updated on Friday.

Among Pennsylvania’s total cases, 800,040 are confirmed and 129,657 are probable. In Centre County, 11,841 are confirmed and 1,038 are probable.

Centre County’s cases by zip code, according to available DOH data:

*Note: Changes are in brackets. Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department.

16801 (State College): 4,665 confirmed [+16], 313 probable [+5]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,179 confirmed [+4], 170 probable [+1]

16803 (State College): 1,122 confirmed [+8], 128 probable [+2]

16802 (University Park): 819 confirmed [+5], 30 probable [+1]

16866 (Philipsburg): 740 confirmed [+6], 79 probable [+3]

16870 (Port Matilda): 382 confirmed [+1], 48 probable

16841 (Howard): 328 confirmed [+2], 32 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 254 confirmed, 8 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 237 confirmed, 26 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 228 confirmed, 30 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 223 confirmed, 30 probable

16844 (Julian): 167 confirmed [+2], 18 probable [+1]

16853 (Milesburg): 114 confirmed, 6 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 91 confirmed, 12 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 91 confirmed [+1], 14 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 73 confirmed, 6 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 61 confirmed, 6 probable

16854 (Millheim): 58 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], 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 [+1]

16835 (Fleming): 11 confirmed, 5 probable

16804 (State College): 8 confirmed

16882 (Woodward): 8 confirmed

Among Centre County’s bordering counties, Blair now has 10,591 [+11] total cases, Clearfield has 6,258 [+28], Union has 5,281 [+13], Mifflin has 4,577 [+8], Huntingdon has 4,191 [+3] and Clinton has 2,777 [+12].