Centre County reported a combined 17 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday to increase its total to 17,070, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Pennsylvania added 2,106 positives over the two days, bringing the statewide total to 1,226,606.
DOH did not update its COVID-19 data on Saturday, so only combined numbers for both days was available on Sunday.
The county also reported 129 negative test results to bring its total to 72,815. Statewide, there were 11,156 new negatives for a total of 4,917,599.
Centre County’s positivity rate and new cases increased for a third consecutive week. For the week of July 23-July 29, the county’s PCR testing positivity rate was 3.6%, up from 2.9% the previous seven days, according to the updated DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. The rate was tied for 31st among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The county had 42 confirmed cases last week, up from 33 the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 3.9.%, up from 2.7% the previous seven days. It was the fourth consecutive week Pennsylvania’s positivity rate increased after 12 consecutive weeks of decreases. The commonwealth had 4,091 new positives last week, up from 2,515 the prior week.
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 10 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County, one fewer than on Friday. One is in intensive care and none are on ventilators.
Average daily COVID-specific hospitalizations in Centre County increased from to 4.3 to 9.0 for the week of July 23-29.
Pennsylvania has 472 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of one since Friday, with 104 in intensive care [+3] and 54 on ventilators.
Statewide average COVID hospitalizations increased from 289.4 to 418.9 last week.
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents on Saturday or Sunday, keeping the total at 228 for the 30th consecutive day.
With five new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 27,855.
An estimated 97% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation
As of Sunday morning, 77,736 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 5,614 are partially covered.
Vaccination appointments for ages 12 and older are available through Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Mount Nittany Health and through other pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.
Among Centre County’s cases, 15,543 are confirmed and 1,527 are probable.
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): 5,692 confirmed [+4], 409 probable [+2]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,785 confirmed [+2], 271 probable
16803 (State College): 1,500 confirmed [+3], 189 probable [+1]
16802 (University Park): 1,405 confirmed, 57 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 943 confirmed [+1], 132 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 528 confirmed [+1], 76 probable
16841 (Howard): 443 confirmed, 51 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 316 confirmed, 34 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 305 confirmed, 46 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 301 confirmed, 46 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 292 confirmed, 12 probable
16844 (Julian): 224 confirmed, 24 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 138 confirmed, 8 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 124 confirmed, 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 107 confirmed, 17 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 92 confirmed, 8 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 88 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16854 (Millheim): 88 confirmed, 8 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 77 confirmed, 9 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 75 confirmed, 20 probable
16829 (Clarence): 71 confirmed [+1], 15 probable
16851 (Lemont): 61 confirmed [+1], 7 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 45 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 34 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 33 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 29 confirmed, 6 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 16 confirmed, 7 probable
16882 (Woodward): 15 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 13 confirmed
16804 (State College): 12 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 13,577 [+11]
Clearfield: 8,741 [+12]
Union: 6,195 [+5]
Mifflin: 5,463 [+3]
Huntingdon: 5,203 [+5]
Clinton: 3,732 [+4]
