Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the eighth consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest weekly update on Thursday.
Statewide, 64 of 67 counties are at the low level. A cluster of three Northern Tier counties — Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna — are at the high level.
Community levels measure new cases, 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.
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
The county recorded 38 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, its largest single-day increase since Feb. 22.
The new cases bring Centre County’s pandemic total to 35,590 (31,551 confirmed and 4,039 probable). Centre County’s rolling seven-day average for new cases is 22.1, up from 20.1 a week ago and up from 9.3 a month ago.
Statewide, Pennsylvania registered 2,564 new infections, the most since Feb. 26, to bring the total to 2,815,518. The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 1,710, up from 1,337 a week ago and 609 a month ago.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating seven COVID-19 inpatients, two more than on Wednesday. The patients range in age from 42 to 93. None are in intensive care or on ventilators, according to the hospital’s COVID inpatient dashboard. Six are vaccinated and one is not vaccinated.
Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations climbed for the third consecutive day. According to the DOH hospital preparedness dashboard, 621 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, 35 more than on Wednesday, with 63 in intensive care [+3] and 30 on ventilators [-6].
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents for the 18th consecutive day, keeping the total at 348.
With 12 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is 44,641.
Prison cases
Centre County’s two state prisons — Benner and Rockview — have no COVID-19 cases among inmates or staff, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
At Benner, 1,421 inmates are fully vaccinated, 26 are partially vaccinated and 213 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 305 are fully vaccinated and 324 are not vaccinated.
At Rockview, 1,688 inmates are fully vaccinated, two are partially vaccinated and 81 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 350 are fully vaccinated and 368 are not vaccinated.
Vaccinations
As of Thursday morning, 95,407 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 15 since Wednesday, and 14,214 are partially covered [-2]. First booster doses have been administered to 50,610 county residents [+21] and 4,467 have received a second booster [+84].
Among the county’s entire population, 70.3% have received at least one dose, 59.8% are fully vaccinated and 51.8% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 75.7% have received at least one dose, 63.9% are fully vaccinated and 54.5% have received a booster.
Statewide, 77.8% of adults and 68.3% 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): 8,719 confirmed [+6], 1,237 probable [+3]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,263 confirmed [+5], 575 probable
16803 (State College): 3,315 confirmed [+7], 690 probable [+4]
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,102 confirmed, 298 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,867 confirmed, 298 probable [+4]
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,306 confirmed, 172 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 1,091 confirmed, 100 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 801 confirmed [+1], 82 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 749 confirmed [+1], 102 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 653 confirmed [+1], 74 probable
16844 (Julian): 544 confirmed [+1], 53 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 521 confirmed, 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 300 confirmed, 29 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 286 confirmed, 20 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 280 confirmed, 38 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 248 confirmed, 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 231 confirmed [+2], 25 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 194 confirmed, 26 probable
16829 (Clarence): 183 confirmed, 25 probable
16854 (Millheim): 183 confirmed [+1], 16 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 170 confirmed, 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 161 confirmed, 30 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 101 confirmed, 11 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 probable
16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed, 9 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 82 confirmed, 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 60 confirmed, 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 50 confirmed [+1], 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 40 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16804 (State College): 21 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 20 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 29,761 [+6]
Clearfield: 19,385 [+10]
Mifflin: 12,317 [+4]
Union: 11,770 [+3]
Huntingdon: 11,544 [+5]
Clinton: 9,077
