Centre County has returned to the Centers for Disease Control’s low community level for COVID-19 after spending the last two weeks at the medium level, according to the CDC’s latest update on Thursday night.
At the low level, the CDC recommends wearing a mask if symptomatic, if an individual has tested positive for COVID-19 or has been exposed to someone who has, and when on public transportation, but does not recommend universal indoor masking in public places.
Statewide, 15 of Pennsylvania’s 67 are at the low level, two fewer than last week. Forty are at the medium level [+4] and 12 are at the high level [-2].
Hospitalizations and cases
For a county to be at the low level, it 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.
Centre County had a case rate of 161.96 per 100,000 people, unchanged from last week, and 8.8 new COVID admissions per 100,000, down from 11.9, with 6.4% of inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 inpatients, down from 7.3%.
Mount Nittany Medical Center had 13 COVID-19 inpatients on Friday, according to its inpatient dashboard, with none in intensive care or on ventilators. The patients range in age from 21 to 93. For the week of Aug. 20-26, Mount Nittany has had an average daily COVID inpatient census of 13.8, up slightly from 13.4 a week earlier.
As of the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s latest weekly update on Wednesday, 1,289 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized statewide, 11 more than a week ago, with 132 in intensive care [-8] and 51 on ventilators [+11].
Centre County added 263 reported new cases over the last week, the same as the previous seven days, according to DOH data. The county has had a total of 39,819 COVID-19 cases (35,396 confirmed and 4,423 probable) since March 2020.
The county’s seven-day rolling average for new cases remains 38.
Pennsylvania registered 20,164 reported new positives over the last week, a 7% decrease from a week ago. The rolling seven-day average of 2,880 is down from 3,072 the prior week.
The statewide case total since the start of the pandemic is now 3,167,638.
Deaths
DOH recorded four new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents in the last week, bringing the total to 367.
With 102 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry in the last week, the statewide total is now 46,596.
Positivity rate
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of Aug. 17-23 was 19.6%, up from 18% the previous seven days, according to the DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. The rate was tied for 26th highest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The statewide positivity rate was 16.4%, down from 16.9% the previous seven days.
Vaccinations
As of Wednesday morning, 97,459 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 79 since Aug. 17, and 15,297 are partially covered [+76]. First booster doses have been administered to 54,081 county residents [+138] and 12,790 have received a second booster [+170].
Among the county’s entire population, 72.5% have received at least one dose, 61.2% are fully vaccinated and 54.4% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 77.4% have received at least one dose, 65.3% are fully vaccinated and 56.2% have received a booster.
Statewide, 79.9% of adults and 70.5% of the total population are fully vaccinated, while at least one booster dose has been administered to 47% of adults and 44.5% of the total population.
Vaccination appointments are available through pharmacies and providers listed at vaccines.gov.
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): 9,699 confirmed [+61], 1,362 probable [+2]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,955 confirmed [+44], 616 probable [+1]
16803 (State College): 4,007 confirmed [+44], 810 probable [+5]
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,389 confirmed [+18], 318 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,941 confirmed [+7], 310 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,526 confirmed [+18], 197 probable [+1]
16841 (Howard): 1,208 confirmed [+9], 108 probable [-1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 931 confirmed [+9], 116 probable {+2]
16828 (Centre Hall): 927 confirmed [+5], 90 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 728 confirmed [+1], 81 probable [+1]
16844 (Julian): 586 confirmed [+5], 56 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 536 confirmed [+3], 33 probable [-1]
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 326 confirmed [+3], 30 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 316 confirmed [+8], 21 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 307 confirmed [+2], 41 probable [+1]
16826 (Blanchard): 274 confirmed [+2], 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 261 confirmed [+1], 28 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 205 confirmed [+1], 29 probable
16829 (Clarence): 200 confirmed [+3], 25 probable
16854 (Millheim): 199 confirmed, 18 probable [+1]
16851 (Lemont): 192 confirmed [+1], 29 probable [+1]
16872 (Rebersburg): 186 confirmed [+2], 17 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 120 confirmed [+1], 13 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 107 confirmed [+1], 6 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 99 confirmed, 5 probable
16832 (Coburn): 94 confirmed, 10 probable
16835 (Fleming): 66 confirmed, 8 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 56 confirmed [+2], 5 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 54 confirmed, 10 probable
16882 (Woodward): 46 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 22 confirmed
16804 (State College): 21 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 32,251 [+228] Medium Community Level
Clearfield: 21,559 [+160] Medium Community Level
Mifflin: 13,437 [+106] High Community Level
Union: 12,623 [+49] Medium Community Level
Huntingdon: 12,521 [+64] Medium Community Level
Clinton: 10,040 [+65] Medium Community Level
