Centre County reported 64 new COVID-19 on Tuesday to bring its total to 15,381, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Pennsylvania added 6,638 cases — its highest single-day increase since Jan. 29 — for a statewide total of 1,082,062.
The county also had 61 additional negative test results, increasing its total to 66,161. Across Pennsylvania, there were 9,847 new negatives for a total of 4,242,714.
Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 30 COVID-19 inpatients as of Tuesday morning. The patients range in age from 19 to 90, according to a hospital spokesperson.
The medical center has had 62 COVID-related admissions with an average daily census of 23 so far in April. In March there were a total of 124 COVID admissions and an average daily census of 18.
“We continue to see COVID related hospitalizations increase, and we are very concerned with this trend,” Dr. Upendra Thaker, MNMC chief medical officer, said in a statement. “We also continue to monitor virus activity in the community and within the health system on a daily basis, and – while we hope we do not reach that point – are prepared to make service adjustments as needed to serve our COVID positive inpatients and those needing us for acute and surgical care.”
Thaker urged community members to continue practicing prevention measures including mask wearing, frequent hand washing and avoiding large gatherings.
“These measures have been proven to help stop the spread of COVID-19, and we need the entire community to do its part,” he said. “We cannot do this alone.”
Across Pennsylvania 2,541 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized [an increase of 67 since Monday], including 530 in intensive care [-4] and 260 on ventilators [+10].
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 213 for the 38th consecutive day.
With 66 new deaths reported statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is 25,472.
An estimated 89% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, per a health department calculation.
The county’s positivity rate saw a slight decline last week. For the week of April 2-8, Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate was 9.6%, down from 10.4% the previous seven days, according to the most recent update to the DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. Pennsylvania’s statewide positivity rate was 9.5%, up from 9.3% the previous week.
As of Tuesday morning, 37,425 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 19,966 are partially covered.
Among Pennsylvania’s cases, 916,923 are confirmed and 165,139 are probable. In Centre County, 14,029 are confirmed and 1,352 are probable.
Centre County’s cases by zip code, according to available DOH data:
*Note: Changes are in brackets. Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are redacted by the health department.
16801 (State College): 5,266 confirmed [+9], 379 probable [+5]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,499 confirmed [+12], 223 probable [+3]
16803 (State College): 1,336 confirmed [+2], 167 probable [+3]
16802 (University Park): 1,263 confirmed [+6], 50 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 815 confirmed [+3], 121 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 475 confirmed [+1], 69 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 402 confirmed [+2], 44 probable [+1]
16828 (Centre Hall): 283 confirmed [+2], 30 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 273 confirmed [+2], 40 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 265 confirmed [+1], 38 probable [+1]
16845 (Karthaus): 263 confirmed, 9 probable
16844 (Julian): 190 confirmed, 19 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 127 confirmed, 6 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 111 confirmed, 17 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 100 confirmed, 17 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 83 confirmed, 9 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 78 confirmed [+1], 9 probable
16854 (Millheim): 69 confirmed [+2], 7 probable
16829 (Clarence): 67 confirmed, 13 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 63 confirmed, 6 probable
16851 (Lemont): 56 confirmed, 5 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 51 confirmed [+1], 18 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 45 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 29 confirmed, 6 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 28 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 27 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 26 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 19 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16835 (Fleming): 13 confirmed, 7 probable
16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed
16804 (State College): 11 confirmed [+1]
16882 (Woodward): 9 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Among Centre County’s bordering counties, Blair now has 11,658 [+85] total cases, Clearfield has 7,645 [+38], Union has 5,604 [+21], Mifflin has 4,895 [+11], Huntingdon has 4,697 [+8] and Clinton has 3,287 [+24].
