Centre County Adds 91 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 6,122 New Positives

Centre County reported 91 new COVID-19 cases on Friday to increase its total to 22,540, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Among total cases 20,310 are confirmed and 2,230 are probable.

Pennsylvania added 6,122 positives, bringing the statewide total to 1,716,600.

The county also had 95 new negative test results to bring the total to 84,503. Statewide, there were 6,861 new negatives for a total of 5,891,051.

Deaths

DOH did not update COVID-19 death statistics on Friday. Pennsylvania has had 33,247 deaths attributed to the virus since the start of the pandemic, including 258 in Centre County.

Hospitalizations

According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 44 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, three more than on Thursday. Four are in intensive care and four are on ventilators

Pennsylvania has 3,465 COVID-19 inpatients, nine more than on Thursday, with 777 in intensive care [+13] and 450 on ventilators [+9]. The statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are the most since Jan. 30.

An estimated 91% 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.

Prison cases

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has 77 active COVID-19 cases among inmates — unchanged from Thursday and nearly triple the second highest state correctional facility — and 28 among staff, also the highest among any SCI.

Rockview state prison has two active inmate cases and five among staff. Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,569 inmates are fully vaccinated, 14 are partially vaccinated and 198 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 279 are fully vaccinated and 349 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,661 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 60 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 325 are fully vaccinated and 392 are not vaccinated.

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.

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

As of Friday morning, 86,440 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated [+14 since Thursday] and 11,366 are partially covered [+77]. Third doses have been administered to 22,048 county residents [+141].

Among the county’s entire population, 68.3% have received at least one dose and 52.4% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.6% have received at least one dose and 58.3% are fully vaccinated.

Statewide, 68.8% of adults and 58% of the total population are fully vaccinated.

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

All adults are now 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): 6,557 confirmed [+10], 590 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 3,842 confirmed [+25], 376 probable

16803 (State College): 1,867 confirmed [+6], 287 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,604 confirmed, 93 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,261 confirmed [+11], 214 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 744 confirmed [+2], 110 probable

16841 (Howard): 682 confirmed [+9], 79 probable [-1]

16828 (Centre Hall): 481 confirmed [+1], 52 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 478 confirmed [+4], 58 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 432 confirmed [+2], 62 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 352 confirmed [+1], 22 probable

16844 (Julian): 345 confirmed [+3], 42 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 191 confirmed, 12 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 188 confirmed [+1], 22 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 161 confirmed [+1], 27 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 150 confirmed, 14 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 119 confirmed, 12 probable

16829 (Clarence): 121 confirmed [+1], 24 probable

16854 (Millheim): 120 confirmed [+1], 12 probable [-1]

16820 (Aaronsburg): 114 confirmed [+3], 24 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 100 confirmed, 11 probable

16851 (Lemont): 84 confirmed, 16 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 61 confirmed, 5 probable

16832 (Coburn): 60 confirmed, 5 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 49 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 43 confirmed, 7 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 35 confirmed [+2], 8 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 34 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 33 confirmed, 8 probable

16882 (Woodward): 20 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 14 confirmed

16804 (State College): 13 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 20,365 [+63]

Clearfield: 12,611 [+30]

Union: 8,080 [+44]

Mifflin: 8,079 [+38]

Huntingdon: 7,511 [+18]

Clinton: 5,939 [+33]