Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 25 more cases of the virus on Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The death is the county’s 337th attributed to the virus since March 2020 and 15th reported this month. The new cases bring the county’s total to 34,693 (30,833 confirmed and 3,860 probable).
Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 29, down from 40 a week ago and 57 two weeks ago.
Pennsylvania recorded 2,590 new cases to bring the statewide total to 2,755,525.
The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 1,824, down from 2,908 a week ago and 3,593 two weeks ago.
With 55 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 43,203.
COVID-19 Community Level
Centre County is among 15 counties in Pennsylvania that are at the high level for COVID-19 according to new metrics introduced by the Centers for Disease Control on Friday.
COVID-19 community levels measure new cases, but also new hospitalizations and local hospital capacity. At the high level, indoor masking is still recommended. About 37% of counties in the United States, including about 28% of the population, are at the high community level.
At the low and medium levels, there is no recommendation for indoor masking except for individuals at increased risk.
Hospitalizations
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 17 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, two more than on Friday, with none in intensive care or on ventilators for the 13th consecutive day.
Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped to their lowest level since Aug. 22. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 1,487 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 86 fewer than on Friday, with 277 patients in intensive care [-5] and 164 on ventilators [-13].
Positivity rate
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of Feb. 18-24 was 8.7%, down from 9.9% the previous seven days and marking a decline for the seventh consecutive week, according to the DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. The rate was 39th among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 189 new cases for that seven-day period, 61 fewer than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 6.6%, down from 9.7% the previous seven days. The commonwealth had 10,114 new positives between Feb. 18-24, 5,951 fewer than the prior week.
Cases among children
For the 2021-2022 school year, DOH is providing weekly updated case counts for two age groups: 0-4 capturing preschool and daycare age children and 5-18 capturing kindergarten through high school age children. The case counts do not necessarily represent exposure in school or daycare settings and the location of exposure cannot be determined in most cases.
For the week of Feb. 16-22, there were 22 new cases among children in the 0-4 age group and 34 in the 5-18 age group in Centre County. About 23% of all cases in Centre County that week were among children 0-18.
Since Aug. 16, there have been 3,256 cases among individuals between the ages of 0 and 18 in Centre County — 662 between the ages of 0-4 and 2,594 between the ages of 5 and 18 — representing about 19% of all cases during that time.
Nursing and personal care home cases
Long-term care facilities in Centre County reported no new COVID-19 cases among residents or employees. A total of 20 nursing and personal care homes in the county have had a combined 778 resident cases, 750 employee cases and 182 resident deaths.
Prison cases
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Benner state prison has four active COVID-19 cases among inmates and four among staff.
Rockview state prison has no active inmate cases and three among staff.
Both facilities are in Benner Township.
At Benner, 1,452 inmates are fully vaccinated, 19 are partially vaccinated and 192 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 313 are fully vaccinated and 315 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,695 inmates who are fully vaccinated and 63 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 351 are fully vaccinated [+1] and 366 are not vaccinated [-1].
Vaccinations
DOH did not update vaccination totals on Saturday. As of Friday morning, 94,096 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 14,072 are partially covered. Booster doses have been administered to 48,662 county residents.
Among the county’s entire population, 69.3% have received at least one dose, 59% are fully vaccinated and 50.6% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.6% have received at least one dose, 63.2% are fully vaccinated and 53.2% have received a booster.
Statewide, 76.4% of adults and 66.9% 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 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): 8,510 confirmed [+4], 1,162 probable [+2]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,150 confirmed [+6], 568 probable
16803 (State College): 3,194 confirmed [+3], 641 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,037 confirmed, 296 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,831 confirmed [-1], 269 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,268 confirmed [+1], 169 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,070 confirmed [+2], 99 probable [+1]
16828 (Centre Hall): 777 confirmed, 81 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 726 confirmed [+2], 102 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 646 confirmed, 73 probable
16844 (Julian): 538 confirmed, 52 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 514 confirmed, 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 291 confirmed, 29 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 283 confirmed, 20 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 272 confirmed, 36 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 243 confirmed [+1], 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 220 confirmed, 21 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 186 confirmed [+1], 26 probable
16829 (Clarence): 178 confirmed, 24 probable
16854 (Millheim): 177 confirmed, 15 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 165 confirmed [+1], 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 157 confirmed, 25 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 97 confirmed, 6 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 95 confirmed [+1], 11 probable
16832 (Coburn): 89 confirmed, 8 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 80 confirmed, 6 probable
16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 43 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 39 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: 29,347 [+33]
Clearfield: 19,009 [+16]
Mifflin: 12,171 [+6]
Union: 11,541 [+11]
Huntingdon: 11,391 [+8]
Clinton: 8,965 [+9]
