Centre County Remains at Low COVID-19 Level as New Cases Fall, Hospitalizations Rise - Statecollege.com | By The Perfect Enemy
Centre County remained at the low COVID-19 community level for the 15th consecutive week as new cases fell and hospitalizations linked to the virus saw an uptick locally and statewide, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s latest update on Thursday night.
For the third consecutive week, only one of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties — Mercer — is at the high level. Thirty-five are at the low level [-3], and 31 are at medium [+3].
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.
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 71.44 per 100,000 people (down from 86.21 last week) and 8.8 new COVID admissions per 100,000 (up from 8.1), with 3.7% of inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 inpatients (up from 3.4%).
The county added 116 reported new cases in the last week, 24 fewer than the previous seven days, according to Pennsylvania Department of Health data. The seven-day rolling average for new cases was 16.6, down from 20.
A total of 42,939 COVID-19 cases (38,298 confirmed and 4,641 probable) have been reported among Centre County residents since March 2020.
Mount Nittany Medical Center had 16 COVID-19 inpatients as of the hospital’s last inpatient dashboard update on Thursday, having steadily increased from a weekly low of four on Saturday. None are in intensive care or on ventilators. The patients range in age from 44 to 97. For the week of Dec. 23-29, Mount Nittany had an average daily COVID inpatient census of 10, up from 7.7 last week.
STATEWIDE
Pennsylvania registered 12,965 reported new positives over the last week, 1,641 fewer than the previous week’s new cases. The rolling seven-day average of 1,852 is down from 2,086 the prior week.
The commonwealth’s case total since the start of the pandemic is now 3,416,142.
According to the DOH data, 1,531 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized statewide as of Wednesday, 214 more than a week earlier, with 162 in intensive care [-8] and 81 on ventilators [+6].
DEATHS
DOH recorded one new death attributed to the virus among Centre County residents in the last week, bringing the total to 385.
With 94 new COVID-19 deaths identified by the Pennsylvania death registry in the last week, the statewide total is now 48,892.
POSITIVITY RATE
Centre County’s PCR testing positivity rate for the week of Dec. 21-27 was 11.5%, up from 10.1% the previous seven days, according to the DOH early warning monitoring dashboard. The rate was tied for 28th lowest among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
The statewide positivity rate was 13.3%, up from 12.6% the prior week.
VACCINATIONS
As of Wednesday morning, 102,084 people in Centre County have completed the primary vaccination series, an increase of 97 since Dec. 21, and 13,249 are partially covered [-32]. Bivalent booster doses have been administered to 27,594 county residents [+746].
Among the county’s entire population, 74.8% have received at least one dose and 63.5% have completed the primary vaccine series, while 18.4% of eligible residents (age 5 and older) have received the bivalent booster, according to the CDC. Among adult residents, 79.6% have received at least one dose, 67.3% have completed the primary series and 19.6% have received the bivalent booster booster.
Statewide, 82.3% of adults and 72.9% of the total population have completed the primary series, while the bivalent booster has been administered to 19.3% of adults and 17% of all residents age 5 and older.
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): 10,326 confirmed [+23], 1,409 probable [+1]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 7,538 confirmed [+23], 655 probable
16803 (State College): 4,434 confirmed [+16], 865 probable [+2]
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,704 confirmed [+12], 340 probable [-1]
16802 (University Park): 2,085 confirmed, 314 probable
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,672 confirmed [+6], 217 probable
16841 (Howard): 1,310 confirmed [+5], 115 probable
16827 (Boalsburg): 1,015 confirmed [+4], 129 probable
16828 (Centre Hall): 1,003 confirmed [+4], 101 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 802 confirmed [+6], 85 probable
16844 (Julian): 647 confirmed [+3], 58 probable
16845 (Karthaus): 564 confirmed, 32 probable
16853 (Milesburg): 354 confirmed [+1], 20 probable
16877 (Warrior’s Mark): 342 confirmed [+1], 32 probable
16874 (Snow Shoe): 340 confirmed [+3], 41 probable
16826 (Blanchard): 296 confirmed [+1], 18 probable
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 288 confirmed [+2], 30 probable
16820 (Aaronsburg): 221 confirmed, 28 probable
16851 (Lemont): 219 confirmed [+2], 34 probable
16829 (Clarence): 212 confirmed, 25 probable
16854 (Millheim): 208 confirmed, 18 probable
16872 (Rebersburg): 195 confirmed [+1], 17 probable
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 129 confirmed, 13 probable
16859 (Moshannon): 127 confirmed [+2], 6 probable
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 112 confirmed, 6 probable
16832 (Coburn): 106 confirmed [+1], 11 probable
16835 (Fleming): 73 confirmed [+1], 7 probable
16852 (Madisonburg): 59 confirmed [+1], 5 probable
16856 (Mingoville): 57 confirmed, 12 probable
16882 (Woodward): 49 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16804 (State College): 24 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16863 (Orviston): 22 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 confirmed
CASES AMONG CENTRE COUNTY’S BORDERING COUNTIES
Blair: 34,343 [+95] Medium Community Level
Clearfield: 23,511 [+79] Low Community Level
Mifflin: 14,711 [+53] Medium Community Level
Huntingdon: 13,521 [+43] Medium Community Level
Union: 13,303 [+28] Medium Community Level
Clinton: 10,860 [+34] Medium Community Level
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