Updated with case counts by zip code.
Centre County reported 63 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday to bring its total to 8,834 since the first was reported in March, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Pennsylvania added 8,545 new positives, bringing the statewide total to 622,349.
The county also had 28 additional negative test results, increasing its total to 52,244. Across Pennsylvania there were 6,012 new negatives for a total of 3,244,103.
Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating a record-high 66 COVID-19 inpatients as of Tuesday morning, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nirmal Joshi.
After administering the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to more than 1,200 frontline health care workers at the hospital, Mount Nittany Health has received 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine which will be distributed to additional staff as well as community health care workers not directly affiliated with Mount Nittany. Joshi said the health system has not yet received guidance on when sufficient quantities of the vaccine will be available to administer more widely.
“In the meantime, we urge the public to follow the recommendations we and other public health authorities have been making: wear a mask, wash your hands frequently and avoid gatherings outside your immediate household,’ Joshi said in a statement. ‘The number of COVID hospitalizations at Mount Nittany Medical Center has reached a new high of 66 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 today. We urge everyone need to be responsible and do what they can to stay safe until the vaccine is more widely available.”
Statewide, 5,995 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, including 1,174 in ICU and 715 on ventilators, as of Tuesday morning. Hospitalizations continue to be nearly double the previous peak in the spring.
The health department now lists 135 deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, an increase of three since Monday. Coroner Scott Sayers has confirmed 100 COVID-19 deaths in Centre County, ranging in age from 55 to 104.
With 267 COVID-19 deaths reported statewide on Tuesday, Pennsylvania’s total is now 15,353.
Nursing and personal care homes in Centre County reported one new case among residents and nine among employees. A total of 16 long-term care facilities in the county have had a combined 565 resident cases, 120 employee cases and 122 resident deaths.
An estimated 65% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.
Among Pennsylvania’s total cases, 560,035 are confirmed and 62,314 are probable. In Centre County, 8,321 are confirmed and 513 are probable.
Centre County’s cases by zip code, according to available DOH data:
*Note: Increases in brackets. Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department.
16801 (State College): 3,416 confirmed [+4], 170 probable [+6]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 1,420 confirmed [+10], 73 probable [+7]
16802 (University Park): 794 confirmed, 19 probable
16803 (State College): 671 confirmed [+4], 57 probable [+2]
16866 (Philipsburg): 523 confirmed [+6], 29 probable [+2]
16870 (Port Matilda): 237 confirmed [+5], 28 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 214 confirmed [+1], 20 probable [+3]
16875 (Spring Mills): 159 confirmed [+1], 18 probable [+3]
16828 (Centre Hall): 151 confirmed, 19 probable [+4]
16845 (Karthaus): 128 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 120 confirmed, 10 probable
16844 (Julian) 84 confirmed, 6 probable [increase of at least 2]
16853 (Milesburg): 73 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe) 65 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark) 64 confirmed, 8 probable [+1]
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace) 56 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16829 (Clarence) 42 confirmed, 7 probable
16826 (Blanchard) 42 confirmed, 1-4 probable [increase of at least 1]
16872 (Rebersburg) 40 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16854 (Millheim) 37 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg) 36 confirmed [+1], 5 probable
16851 (Lemont) 34 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16859 (Moshannon) 26 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville) 22 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn) 20 confirmed
16868 (Pine Grove Mills) 16 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16852 (Madisonburg) 13 confirmed
16677 (Sandy Ridge) 13 confirmed
16804 (State College) 7 confirmed
16835 (Fleming) 6 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16864 (Orviston) and 16882 (Woodward) each have 1-4 confirmed cases.
Among Centre County’s bordering counties, Blair now has 7,766 [+111] total cases, Clearfield has 3,874 [+55], Mifflin has 3,339 [+16], Huntingdon has 2,994 [+55], Union has 2,816 [+27] and Clinton has 1,850 [+28].
