Centre County reported 79 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 19,848, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases, 17,974 are confirmed and 1,874 are probable.
Pennsylvania added 5,610 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,475,457.
The county also had 207 new negative test results for a total of 80,691. Statewide there were 11,411 negatives to bring the total to 5,550,712.
Deaths
DOH did not update statewide COVID-19 deaths as of 2 p.m. on Saturday. Pennsylvania has had a total of 29,907 deaths attributed to the virus, including 237 in Centre County, as of Friday.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center reported 30 COVID-positive inpatients on Friday, with two in intensive care and two on ventilators. The patients ranged in age from 14 to 86. According to the medical center’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard, which is updated on weekdays, five were fully vaccinated against the virus and 25 were not vaccinated.
The medical center had an average daily COVID-19 inpatient census of 32 this week, down from 35 last week, according to a hospital spokesperson. The average daily COVID inpatient census so far in October is 33, up from 27 in September. To date this month, the hospital has admitted 25 COVID patients.
Statewide, Pennsylvania has 2,929 COVID-19 inpatients, one fewer than Friday, with 674 in intensive care [-6] and 379 on ventilators [-4]. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since Feb. 6.
For the week of Oct. 1-7, Pennsylvania had 2,878.9 average daily COVID hospitalizations, up from 2,761.0 the prior week, according to the updated Department of Health early warning monitoring dashboard.
An estimated 90% 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 Oct. 1-7 was 8.7%, up from 8.1% the previous seven days, according to the monitoring dashboard. The rate was 11th lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 336 new cases for that seven-day period, six more than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 9.6%, up from 9.0% the previous seven days. The commonwealth had 27,592 new positives between Oct. 1-7, 1,268 more than the prior week. It was the first time in three weeks that the total number of new cases increased over the prior seven days.
Cases Among Children
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 week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5, there were 18 new cases among children in the 0-4 age group and 65 in the 5-18 age group in Centre County. About 29% of all cases in Centre County that week were among children 0-18.
Since Aug. 16, there have been 543 cases among individuals between the ages of 0 and 18 in Centre County — 78 between the ages of 0-4 and 465 between the ages of 5 and 18 — representing about 24% of all cases during that time.
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 on Friday.
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
DOH did not update vaccination data on Saturday. As of Friday morning, 83,692 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 6,449 are partially covered. Third doses have been administered to 3,936 county residents.
Among the county’s entire population, 62.9% have received at least one dose and 53.9% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 70.1% have received at least one dose and 60% are fully vaccinated
Statewide, 69.4% of adults and 58.6% of the total population are fully vaccinated. Pennsylvania is fifth in the nation for total doses administered, according the CDC.
Vaccination appointments for ages 12 and older are available through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.
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): 6,190 confirmed [+9], 499 probable [+2]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,234 confirmed [+14], 323 probable
16803 (State College): 1,707 confirmed [+4], 248 probable [+2]
16802 (University Park): 1,540 confirmed [+2], 71 probable [+1]
16866 (Philipsburg): 1,077 confirmed [+3], 154 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 644 confirmed [+5], 95 probable
16841 (Howard): 552 confirmed [+1], 72 probable [+1]
16828 (Centre Hall): 399 confirmed [+2], 43 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 385 confirmed [+1], 49 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 380 confirmed [+2], 51 probable [+1]
16845 (Karthaus): 314 confirmed, 17 probable [+1]
16844 (Julian): 274 confirmed [+1], 34 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 163 confirmed [+3], 11 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 154 confirmed, 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 143 confirmed, 22 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 123 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 108 confirmed [+1], 10 probable [-1]
16854 (Millheim): 101 confirmed, 8 probable
16829 (Clarence): 98 confirmed [+4], 21 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 97 confirmed, 20 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 86 confirmed, 10 probable
16851 (Lemont): 71 confirmed, 15 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 54 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 45 confirmed, 5 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 43 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 34 confirmed, 5 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 8 probable
16835 (Fleming): 30 confirmed, 7 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 29 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 16 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 14 confirmed
16804 (State College): 12 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 16,114 [+97]
Clearfield: 10,494 [+56]
Union: 7,024 [+22]
Mifflin: 6,678 [+42]
Huntingdon: 6,413 [+30]
Clinton: 4,547 [+29]
