Centre County Adds 1 COVID-19 Death, 18 Cases; Pennsylvania Reports 518 New Positives

Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 18 more cases of the virus on Sunday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The death is the county’s 348th attributed to COVID-19 since March 2020. The new cases bring the county’s total to 35,212 (31,262 confirmed and 3,950 probable).

Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases continues to rise and stands at 15.9, up from 8.1 a week ago and its highest average since March 7.

Pennsylvania recorded fewer than 1,000 new positives for the first time in four days. The 518 new infections bring the statewide total to 2,789,262.

The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 838, up from 621 a week ago and the highest since March 12.

With seven new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 44,424.

Hospitalizations

Five COVID-19 inpatients are hospitalized in Centre County, three more than on Saturday, according to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard. None are in intensive care [-1] or on ventilators [-1].

Statewide, 413 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, five more than on Saturday, with 59 in intensive care [+1] and 45 on ventilators [+1].

Community level

Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the fifth 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, 64 of 67 counties are at the low level, with Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna 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

Centre County’s two state prisons — Benner and Rockview — have no COVID-19 cases among inmates, and one each among staff, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Inmate and staff vaccination data was not available on Sunday.

Vaccinations

As of Sunday morning, 95,000 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 15 since Saturday, and 14,231 are partially covered [+4]. Booster doses have been administered to 50,104 county residents [+16].

Among the county’s entire population, 70% have received at least one dose, 59.5% are fully vaccinated and 51.5% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 75.3% have received at least one dose, 63.7% are fully vaccinated and 54.1% have received a booster.

Statewide, 77.3% of adults and 67.9% 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. All individuals 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals are now eligible for a second 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): 8,624 confirmed [+5], 1,203 probable

16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,222 confirmed [+3], 573 probable

16803 (State College): 3,257 confirmed [+6], 669 probable

16866 (Philipsburg): 2,084 confirmed, 297 probable

16802 (University Park): 1,852 confirmed [+1], 281 probable

16870 (Port Matilda): 1,294 confirmed [+2], 170 probable

16841 (Howard): 1,086 confirmed, 100 probable

16828 (Centre Hall): 787 confirmed [+1], 81 probable

16827 (Boalsburg): 743 confirmed, 101 probable

16875 (Spring Mills): 650 confirmed, 73 probable

16844 (Julian): 541 confirmed, 52 probable

16845 (Karthaus): 520 confirmed, 35 probable

16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 299 confirmed, 29 probable

16853 (Milesburg): 286 confirmed, 20 probable

16874 (Snow Shoe): 279 confirmed, 38 probable

16826 (Blanchard): 245 confirmed, 16 probable

16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 223 confirmed, 22 probable

16820 (Aaronsburg): 193 confirmed, 25 probable

16829 (Clarence): 181 confirmed, 25 probable

16854 (Millheim): 181 confirmed, 15 probable

16872 (Rebersburg): 167 confirmed, 16 probable

16851 (Lemont): 159 confirmed, 27 probable

16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 100 confirmed, 11 probable

16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 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): 40 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: 29,660 [+6]

Clearfield: 19,278 [+3]

Mifflin: 12,274 [+1]

Union: 11,685 [+2]

Huntingdon: 11,504

Clinton: 9,034