Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the fourth consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s weekly update on Thursday.
Statewide, 64 of 67 counties are at the low level, with the other three (four fewer than last week) at the medium level: Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna .
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 and at the medium level masks are recommended only for those with increased risk of severe illness. At the high level, universal indoor masking in places open to the public is recommended.
Centre County was at the high level for the first week of the new metrics and dropped to the medium level on March 3 before moving to low on March 10. At the low level, a community has fewer than 200 new cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period, with fewer than 10 COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people and less than 10% of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients over the same period.
New Cases
Centre County registered 14 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 35,087 (31,153 confirmed and 3,934 probable) since March 2020. Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 9.9, up from 8.9 a week ago but down from 23.7 a month ago.
Pennsylvania reported fewer than 1,000 new positives for the 20th time in 21 days. The 872 new cases bring the statewide total to 2,781,353.
The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 571, down from 617 a week ago and 1,531 a month ago.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center has two COVID-19 inpatients, one fewer than on Wednesday, with none in intensive care [-1] and or on a ventilator [-1]. Patient ages and vaccination status were withheld by the hospital to protect privacy.
Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their lowest level since Aug. 1. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 481 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, three fewer than on Wednesday, with 75 in intensive care [-3] and 54 on ventilators [+8].
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 346.
With 15 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 44,275.
Prison cases
Rockview state prison has no COVID-19 cases among inmates or staff, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Centre County’s other state prison, Benner, has one case among inmates and one among staff.
At Benner, 1,407 inmates are fully vaccinated, 20 are partially vaccinated and 196 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 313 are fully vaccinated and 316 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,710 inmates who are fully vaccinated, two who are partially vaccinated and 82 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 348 are fully vaccinated and 370 are not vaccinated.
Vaccinations
As of Thursday morning, 94,755 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 10 since Wednesday, and 14,216 are partially covered [+10]. Booster doses have been administered to 49,785 county residents [+28]
Among the county’s entire population, 69.8% have received at least one dose, 59.4% are fully vaccinated and 51.3% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 75.2% have received at least one dose, 63.5% are fully vaccinated and 53.9% have received a booster.
Statewide, 77% of adults and 67.6% 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): 8,581 confirmed [+4], 1,197 probable [+2]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,204 confirmed, 572 probable [+1]
16803 (State College): 3,237 confirmed [+1], 663 probable [+2]
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,079 confirmed, 297 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,846 confirmed [+1], 278 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,285 confirmed [+2], 171 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,084 confirmed [+1], 100 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 785 confirmed, 81 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 742 confirmed, 101 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 649 confirmed, 73 probable
16844 (Julian): 541 confirmed, 52 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 519 confirmed, 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 299 confirmed [+1], 29 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 285 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
16854 (Millheim): 181 confirmed, 15 probable
16829 (Clarence): 180 confirmed, 25 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 167 confirmed [+1], 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 159 confirmed, 26 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: 29,603 [+6]
Clearfield: 19,256 [+4]
Mifflin: 12,254 [+1]
Union: 11,677 [+2]
Huntingdon: 11,484
Clinton: 9,028 [+1]
