Centre County reported 23 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday to bring its total to 17,399, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Pennsylvania surpassed 3,000 cases for the second time in three days, a mark last reached in late April. The 3,637 added on Saturday were the most since April 28 and bring the statewide total to 1,265,540.
The county also reported 75 negative test results for a total of 74,585. Statewide, there were 9,178 new negatives for a total of 5,060,254.
Centre County remains at the substantial level for community transmission of COVID-19 — the second highest on the Centers for Disease Control scale — as of the CDC’s latest county-level data update on Saturday afternoon. Neighboring Blair, Clinton and Clearfield counties are at the highest level, while Huntingdon, Mifflin and Union are also at substantial.
For the week of Aug. 13-19, the Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate was 6.2%, up from 4.4% the previous seven days, according to the updated Department of Health early warning monitoring dashboard. The rate was tied for 19th lowest among Pennsylvania 67 counties.
The county had 118 new cases for that seven-day period, 32 more than the prior week.
The statewide positivity rate was 6.9%, up from 6.0% the previous seven days. It was the seventh consecutive week Pennsylvania’s positivity rate increased after 12 consecutive weeks of decreases. The commonwealth had 11,669 new positives between Aug. 13-19, up from 9,368 the prior week.
According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 11 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Centre County as of Saturday morning, including two in intensive care and one on a ventilator — all unchanged from Friday.
Average daily COVID-specific hospitalizations in Centre County decreased from 13.6 to 12.4 for the week of Aug. 13-19.
Mount Nittany Medical Center has had 39 COVID admissions so far in August, eclipsing the 37 it had for the entire month of July. The average daily census of COVID-19 patients this month is 12, double the average census last month
Pennsylvania has 1,388 COVID-19 inpatients, an increase of 62 since Friday, with 352 in intensive care [+17] and 166 on ventilators [+2]. COVID hospitalizations are at their highest level in three months.
Statewide average daily COVID hospitalizations increased from 834.7 to 1,181.7 for the week of Aug. 13-19.
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents on Saturday, keeping the total at 230.
With 16 new COVID-19 deaths statewide, Pennsylvania’s total is now 28,075.
An estimated 95% of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.
As of Saturday morning, 79,604 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated and 6,269 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.
CVIM and Mount Nittany Health also are now offering the third vaccine dose recommended for people whose immune systems are moderately to severely compromised.
Among Centre County’s cases, 15,830 are confirmed and 1,569 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): 5,740 confirmed [+9], 415 probable [-1]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 2,858 confirmed [+5], 284 probable [+2
16803 (State College): 1,531 confirmed, 195 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,410 confirmed [+1], 58 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 978 confirmed [+1], 134 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 536 confirmed [+1], 79 probable
16841 (Howard): 460 confirmed [+1], 55 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 321 confirmed [+1], 34 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 315 confirmed [+1], 47 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 311 confirmed, 47 probable [+1]
16845 (Karthaus): 294 confirmed [+1], 12 probable
16844 (Julian): 230 confirmed, 25 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 139 confirmed, 8 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 133 confirmed, 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 112 confirmed, 17 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 95 confirmed, 8 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 92 confirmed, 12 probable
16854 (Millheim): 88 confirmed, 8 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 80 confirmed, 20 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 78 confirmed [+1], 9 probable
16829 (Clarence): 77 confirmed [+2], 20 probable
16851 (Lemont): 66 confirmed, 7 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 47 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16832 (Coburn): 36 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 33 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 31 confirmed, 6 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 21 confirmed, 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 17 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: 13,834 [+26]
Clearfield: 9,049 [+18]
Union: 6,271 [+4]
Mifflin: 5,541 [+5]
Huntingdon: 5,289 [+7]
Clinton: 3,850 [+6]
