Centre County Adds 7 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 368 New Positives

Centre County registered seven new COVID-19 cases on Monday, marking a single-digit increase for the second consecutive day and the 10th time in the last month.

The new cases bring the county’s total to 34,992 (31,078 confirmed and 3,914 probable), according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 12, according to DOH, up from eight a week ago and down from 40 a month ago.

Pennsylvania reported fewer than 1,000 new positives for the 10th time in 11 days and fewer than 400 for the second consecutive day. The 368 new cases bring the statewide total to 2,775,183.

The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 706, down from 818 a week ago and 2,600 a month ago.

Hospitalizations

Mount Nittany Medical Center has four COVID-19 inpatients, unchanged from Sunday, with none in intensive care or on ventilators. Local hospitalizations continue to be at their lowest level since mid-July.

The patients range in age from 59 to 77, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Two are fully vaccinated and two are not vaccinated

Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their lowest since Aug. 4. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 611 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 40 fewer than on Sunday, with 96 in intensive care [-7] and 52 on ventilators [-4].

Deaths

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents for the sixth consecutive day, keeping the total at 346.

With one new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 44,050.

Community level

Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the second consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday.

Introduced on Feb. 25, community levels measure not only new cases, but also new hospitalizations and local hospital capacity to determine mitigation guidelines. At the low level, there is no recommendation for indoor masking.

Statewide, 66 of 67 counties are at the low level, with only Crawford County at the medium level. At the medium level, the CDC recommends masks indoors in public for those at risk of severe illness. At the high level, universal indoor public masking is recommended.

Prison cases

Rockview state prison has no COVID-19 cases among inmates or staff, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Centre County’s other state prison, Benner, has two cases among staff and none among inmates.

At Benner, 1,419 inmates are fully vaccinated, 16 are partially vaccinated and 204 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 313 are fully vaccinated and 315 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,721 inmates who are fully vaccinated, three who are partially vaccinated and 82 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 351 are fully vaccinated and 366 are not vaccinated.

Vaccinations

As of Monday morning, 94,585 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of seven since Sunday, and 14,162 are partially covered [+5]. Booster doses have been administered to 49,507 county residents [+10].

Among the county’s entire population, 69.7% have received at least one dose, 59.3% are fully vaccinated and 51.1% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 75% have received at least one dose, 63.4% are fully vaccinated and 53.7% have received a booster.

Statewide, 76.9% of adults and 67.4% of the total population are fully vaccinated.

Vaccination appointments are available through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.

All individuals age 12 and older are 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): 8,569 confirmed, 1,186 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,194 confirmed [-1], 571 probable

16803 (State College): 3,226 confirmed [+3], 658 probable [+2]

16866 (Philipsburg): 2,073 confirmed, 297 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,842 confirmed [+1], 277 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,277 confirmed, 170 probable

16841 (Howard): 1,079 confirmed, 100 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 783 confirmed, 81 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 738 confirmed, 101 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 647 confirmed, 74 probable

16844 (Julian): 541 confirmed, 52 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 519 confirmed, 35 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 296 confirmed, 29 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 285 confirmed, 20 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 278 confirmed, 38 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 245 confirmed, 16 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 222 confirmed, 21 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 192 confirmed, 25 probable

16854 (Millheim): 181 confirmed, 15 probable

16829 (Clarence): 180 confirmed, 24 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 165 confirmed, 16 probable

16851 (Lemont): 159 confirmed [+1], 25 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 97 confirmed, 11 probable

16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed, 9 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 81 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 49 confirmed, 5 probable

16882 (Woodward): 39 confirmed, 5 confirmed

16804 (State College): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 20 confirmed

16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 29,573 [+6]

Clearfield: 19,218 [+4]

Mifflin: 12,242

Union: 11,664 [+1]

Huntingdon: 11,471

Clinton: 9,016