Centre County remains at the “low” community level for COVID-19 for the seventh consecutive week, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest weekly update on Friday.
Statewide, 63 of 67 counties are at the low level. Three counties — Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna moved to the high level and Tioga County moved to medium. All four at high or medium are in the Northern Tier.
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 on March 10. 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 24 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 35,459 (31,450 confirmed and 4,009 probable). Centre County’s seven-day moving average for new cases is 20.3, down from 21.3 a week ago and up from 9.7 a month ago.
Pennsylvania recorded 1,483 new positives — the fourth consecutive day with at least 1,200 — to bring the statewide total to 2,804,861.
The commonwealth’s seven-day average is 1,303 up from 1,150 a week ago and 608 a month ago.
Hospitalizations
Mount Nittany Medical Center has three COVID-19 inpatients, one fewer than on Thursday. None are in intensive care or on ventilators, according to the hospital’s COVID inpatient dashboard.
COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide decreased for the first time in six days. Pennsylvania hospitals have 500 COVID-19 patients, nine fewer than on Thursday, with 68 in intensive care [-2] and 34 on ventilators [+2].
Deaths
DOH reported no new deaths attributed to the virus among Centre County residents for the 12th consecutive day, keeping the total at 348.
With 14 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry, the statewide total is 44,592.
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, 1,420 inmates are fully vaccinated, 24 are partially vaccinated and 207 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 306 are fully vaccinated and 323 are not vaccinated.
At Rockview, 1,703 inmates are fully vaccinated, two are partially vaccinated and 80 are not vaccinated. Among staff, 350 are fully vaccinated and 368 are not vaccinated.
Vaccinations
As of Friday morning, 95,287 people in Centre County are fully vaccinated, an increase of 29 since Thursday, and 14,222 are partially covered [-11]. Booster doses have been administered to 50,447 county residents [+29].
Among the county’s entire population, 70.2% have received at least one dose, 59.7% are fully vaccinated and 51.7% are fully vaccinated with a booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 75.6% have received at least one dose, 63.9% are fully vaccinated and 54.3% have received a booster.
Statewide, 77.7% of adults and 68.2% 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): 8,688 confirmed [+5], 1,230 probable [+3]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,247 confirmed [+3], 575 probable
16803 (State College): 3,295 confirmed [+3], 681 probable [-1]
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,100 confirmed, 298 probable
16802 (University Park): 1,860 confirmed, 292 probable [+2]
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,300 confirmed [+1], 171 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,090 confirmed [+1], 100 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 796 confirmed, 81 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 748 confirmed, 102 probable [+1]
16875 (Spring Mills): 652 confirmed, 74 probable
16844 (Julian): 542 confirmed, 53 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 521 confirmed [+1], 35 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 299 confirmed, 29 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 286 confirmed, 20 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 280 confirmed, 38 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 247 confirmed, 16 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 227 confirmed, 22 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 193 confirmed, 26 probable
16829 (Clarence): 183 confirmed, 25 probable
16854 (Millheim): 182 confirmed, 15 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 169 confirmed, 16 probable
16851 (Lemont): 160 confirmed [+1], 30 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 101 confirmed [+1], 11 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 98 confirmed, 6 probable
16832 (Coburn): 90 confirmed, 9 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 82 confirmed [+1], 5 probable
16835 (Fleming): 59 confirmed, 8 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 51 confirmed, 10 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 49 confirmed, 5 probable
16882 (Woodward): 40 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16804 (State College): 21 confirmed [+1], 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 20 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
Cases among Centre County’s bordering counties
Blair: 29,729 [+2]
Clearfield: 19,344 [+7]
Mifflin: 12,302 [+3]
Union: 11,724 [+4]
Huntingdon: 11,528 [+6]
Clinton: 9,062 [+2]
