Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the second consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s weekly update on Thursday.
Statewide, 66 of 67 counties are at the low level, with only Crawford County at the medium level.
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 last week. 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 recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday to bring its total to 34,956 since March 2020, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Among total cases, 31,050 are confirmed and 3,906 are probable.
The county’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 11, the same as a week ago and down from 45 a month ago.
Pennsylvania registered its largest statewide increase this month with 1,320 new cases on Thursday, bringing the commonwealth’s total to 2,772,886.
The statewide seven-day average is 797, down from 955 a week ago and 3,159 a month ago.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center has four COVID-19 inpatients, one more than on Wednesday, with one in intensive care and on a ventilator. Local hospitalizations continue to be at their lowest level since mid-July.
The patients range in age from 58 to 89, according to Mount Nittany’s COVID-19 inpatient dashboard. Two are fully vaccinated and two are not vaccinated.
Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their lowest since Aug. 7. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 703 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 54 fewer than on Wednesday, with 108 in intensive care [+2] and 58 on ventilators [-4].
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents, keeping the total at 346.
With 30 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is now 43,992.
Prison cases
Neither of Centre County’s state prisons — Benner and Rockview — have any COVID-19 cases among inmates, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Among staff, Benner has two active cases and Rockview has one.
At Benner, 1,427 inmates are fully vaccinated, 16 are partially vaccinated and 205 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 314 are fully vaccinated and 314 are not vaccinated.
Rockview has 1,710 inmates who are fully vaccinated, three who are partially vaccinated and 81 who are not vaccinated. Among staff, 351 are fully vaccinated and 366 are not vaccinated.
Vaccinations
As of Thursday morning, 94,519 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 14 since Wednesday, and 14,142 are partially covered [+7]. Booster doses have been administered to 49,346 county residents [+40].
Among the county’s entire population, 69.6% have received at least one dose, 59.2% are fully vaccinated and 51% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 74.9% have received at least one dose, 63.4% are fully vaccinated and 53.6% have received a booster.
Statewide, 76.8% of adults and 67.4% 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.
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): 8,562 confirmed [+2], 1,184 probable [+1]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,193 confirmed, 571 probable
16803 (State College): 3,221 confirmed [+2], 654 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,072 confirmed [+5], 297 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,840 confirmed, 276 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,274 confirmed [+1], 170 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,078 confirmed [+1], 100 probable [+1]
16828 (Centre Hall): 782 confirmed [+1], 81 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 737 confirmed, 101 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 647 confirmed, 74 probable
16844 (Julian): 541 confirmed, 52 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 518 confirmed, 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 295 confirmed, 29 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 285 confirmed, 20 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 277 confirmed, 38 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 245 confirmed, 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 222 confirmed, 21 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 191 confirmed, 25 probable
16854 (Millheim): 181 confirmed, 15 probable
16829 (Clarence): 179 confirmed, 24 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 165 confirmed, 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 158 confirmed, 25 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 97 confirmed, 11 probable
16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed, 8 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): 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: 29,549 [+2]
Clearfield: 19,196 [+11]
Mifflin: 12,239 [+1]
Union: 11,657 [+5]
Huntingdon: 11,466 [+2]
Clinton: 9,010
