Centre County Adds Record 415 COVID-19 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 33,266 New Positives

Centre County recorded its largest single-day COVID-19 case increase of the pandemic with 415 new positives reported on Sunday, according to Pennsylvania Department of Health data.

The new cases, which eclipse the previous record of 358 set on Jan. 8, bring the county’s total to 30,520 (27,465 confirmed and 3,055 probable).

Pennsylvania reported 33,266 new cases to bring the statewide total to 2,458,722. The new cases mark the commonwealth’s second largest increase, behind only the 33,650 also reported on Jan. 8.

Hospitalizations

After 18 consecutive days of increases, Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 hospitalizations decreased for second straight day. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard 7,275 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized statewide, 103 fewer than on Saturday, with 1,119 patients in intensive care [-25] and 707 on ventilators [-17].

In Centre County, 45 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized with six in intensive care and six on ventilators, all unchanged from Saturday.

Deaths

DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 305.

With eight new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the commonwealth’s total is now 38,619.

Prison cases

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has two active COVID-19 case among inmates and 22 among staff.

Rockview state prison has 24 active inmate cases and 53 among staff.

Both facilities are in Benner Township.

At Benner, 1,489 inmates are fully vaccinated, 13 are partially vaccinated and 193 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 306 are fully vaccinated and 322 are not vaccinated.

Rockview has 1,696 inmates who are fully vaccinated, one who is partially vaccinated and 58 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 342 are fully vaccinated and 375 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 Sunday morning, 92,211 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 40 since Saturday, and 13,714 are partially covered [+93]. Booster doses have been administered to 40,634 county residents [+133].

Among the county’s entire population, 67.4% have received at least one dose, 57.6% are fully vaccinated and 43.5% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 72.7% have received at least one dose, 62% are fully vaccinated and 45.8% have received a booster.

Statewide, 74.9% of adults and 64.9% 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 individuals age 12 and older 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): 7,956 confirmed [+60], 830 probable [+27]

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 5,271 confirmed [+74], 486 probable [+3]

16803 (State College): 2,816 confirmed [+32], 498 probable [+16]

16802 (University Park): 1,736 confirmed [+5], 136 probable [+5]

16866 (Philipsburg): 1,702 confirmed [+40], 277 probable [-1]

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,073 confirmed [+16], 144 probable [+1]

16841 (Howard): 926 confirmed [+16], 90 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 654 confirmed [+12], 74 probable [+3]

16827 (Boalsburg): 639 confirmed [+10], 84 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 582 confirmed [+10], 66 probable [+1]

16844 (Julian): 492 confirmed [+6], 48 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 447 confirmed [+11], 32 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 249 confirmed [+5], 17 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 241 confirmed, 35 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 239 confirmed [+4], 28 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 207 confirmed [+2], 14 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 184 confirmed [+5], 18 probable

16854 (Millheim): 157 confirmed [+3], 15 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 154 confirmed [+2], 24 probable

16829 (Clarence): 154 confirmed [+3], 26 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 137 confirmed [+1], 14 probable

16851 (Lemont): 134 confirmed [+2], 24 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 89 confirmed [+1], 5 probable

16832 (Coburn): 75 confirmed [+1], 7 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 73 confirmed [+1], 9 probable

16677 (Sandy Ridge): 66 confirmed, 5 probable

16835 (Fleming): 53 confirmed, 8 probable

16856 (Mingoville): 45 confirmed [+1], 10 probable

16852 (Madisonburg): 40 confirmed, 1-4 probable

16882 (Woodward): 36 confirmed [+1], 1-4 confirmed

16804 (State College): 18 confirmed

16863 (Orviston): 17 confirmed

16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed

Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties

Blair: 25,518 [+491]

Clearfield: 16,217 [+186]

Mifflin: 10,266 [+134]

Union: 9,975 [+131]

Huntingdon: 9,544 [+118]

Clinton: 7,787 [+139]