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Centre County Adds 8 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 941 New Positives

State College - covid-19 dashboard 5-27-21

Pennsylvania and Centre County COVID-19 dashboard for May 27, 2021. Image via Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Geoff Rushton

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Centre County reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Thursday to bring its total to 16,840, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania added fewer than 1,000 positives for the fourth time in five days. The 941 new cases bring the statewide total to 1,199,536.

The county also had 58 additional negative test results to increase its total to 69,508. Across Pennsylvania, there were 7,888 new negatives for a total of 4,583,887.

Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 12 COVID-19 inpatients, unchanged from Wednesday. The patients range in age from 35 to 94, a hospital spokesperson said. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, one COVID-19 patient in Centre County is on a ventilator and in intensive care.

Statewide, Pennsylvania has 1,152 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of 20 since Wednesday, with 289 in intensive care [-6] and 172 on ventilators [-5].

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the county’s total at 224.

With 40 new COVID-19 deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 27,163.

An estimated 94% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.

As of Thursday morning, 67,623 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 13,734 are partially covered.

Vaccination appointments for ages 12 and older are available through Centre Volunteers in MedicineMount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov. The state-run Regional Vaccination Clinic at the Bryce Jordan Center offers vaccines to individuals 18 and older by appointment or walk-in.

Among Centre County’s cases, 15,347 are confirmed and 1,493 are probable.

Centre County’s cases by zip code:

*Note: Increases 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): 5,649 confirmed, 399 probable [+1]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,750 confirmed, 266 probable [+2]

16803 (State College): 1,474 confirmed, 183 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,398 confirmed, 55 probable [+1]

16866 (Philipsburg): 913 confirmed [+2], 128 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 512 confirmed, 76 probable

16841 (Howard): 438 confirmed, 49 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 309 confirmed, 33 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 303 confirmed, 46 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 295 confirmed, 45 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 286 confirmed, 12 probable

16844 (Julian): 219 confirmed [+2], 24 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 135 confirmed, 7 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 126 confirmed, 21 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 103 confirmed, 18 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 91 confirmed, 8 probable

16854 (Millheim): 87 confirmed, 8 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 86 confirmed [+1], 12 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 77 confirmed, 9 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 75 confirmed, 20 probable

16829 (Clarence): 67 confirmed, 14 probable

16851 (Lemont): 60 confirmed, 6 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 45 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 32 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16832 (Coburn): 32 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 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): 12 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 13,362 [+15]

Clearfield: 8,560 [+13]

Union: 6,120 [+5]

Mifflin: 5,379 [+7]

Huntingdon: 5,096 [+1]

Clinton: 3,673 [+2]