According to the latest weekly update of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday night, Center County returned to a high community level of COVID-19 after being low for 12 weeks.
Broadly speaking, the CDC recommends universal masking in publicly available indoor locations.
At the community level, we measure the number of new cases and new COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people in 7 days, and the percentage of manned hospital beds among COVID-19 patients. High levels require more than 200 new cases per 100,000, 10 or more COVID hospitalizations per 100,000, and / or a 7-day average of 10% of beds occupied by COVID inpatients.
In Center County, there were 248.79 cases per 100,000 cases and 13.7 new COVID admissions last week, with 5.7% of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 inpatients.
The Mount Nittaney Medical Center had 10 COVID-19 inpatients on Thursday, down from 11 each in the last four days. One is receiving intensive care and no one is using a ventilator. According to hospital reports, patients are between 36 and 97 years old. Seven have been vaccinated and three have not been vaccinated. COVID Inpatient Dashboard..
Over the last 7 days, the average daily COVID inpatient survey for Mount Nittany was 10.85.
According to a weekly update of the Pennsylvania Health Department on Wednesday, Center County added a total of 404 new cases last week, up 30% from the last seven days. The county’s 7-day moving average is 57, the highest since February 12.
Since March 2020, Center County has had a total of 36,730 COVID-19 cases (32,558 confirmed, potentially 4,172).
DOH also recorded three new deaths from the virus among Center County residents, bringing the total to 355.
Throughout the state, 28 of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania are at high levels. 15 is low level and 24 is medium level.
Pennsylvania recorded 29,664 new positives last week, up 6% from the previous week.
The total number of cases across the state since the outbreak of the pandemic is now 2,907,324.
Last week, a Pennsylvania death certificate confirmed 249 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the state-wide total to 45,147.
Positive rate
According to the DOH Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard, the Center County PCR positive rate for the week 18-24 May was 18.9%, up from 14.2% for the previous 7 days. It was the 20th highest rate among the 67 counties in Pennsylvania.
The state-wide positive rate was 17.3%, up from 16.6% in the last 7 days.
Vaccination
As of Wednesday morning, 95,945 people in Center County were fully vaccinated, an increase of 143 from May 18, and 14,298 were partially covered. [+22]..The first booster dose was given to residents of 51,442 counties. [+327] And 7,461 received a second booster [+859]..
According to the CDC, 70.88% of the county’s total population has been vaccinated at least once, 60.2% have been fully vaccinated, and 52.5% have been fully vaccinated with booster immunization. Of adult residents, 76.2% have been vaccinated at least once, 64.4% have been fully vaccinated, and 55% have boosted immunization.
Throughout the state, 78.5% of adults and 69% of the total population are fully vaccinated.
Reservation for vaccination Medical Center Volunteer, Mount Nittany Health Through other pharmacies and providers listed in Vaccine.gov..
All individuals over 12 years old subject You will receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. All individuals over the age of 50 and certain immunocompromised individuals are now Second booster shot..
Case of Center County by Zip Code:
*Note: The numbers in parentheses reflect changes since May 18th.When DOH last updated the zip code data. Certain numbers in 1 to 4 zip codes have been edited by the health department. The case may not be assigned a zip code immediately.
16801 (State College): 9,002 confirmed [+87]1,291 possible [+13]
16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 6,408 confirmed [+66]578 may [+2]
16803 (State College): 3,513 confirmed [+74]740 may [+4]
16866 (Philipsburg): 2,147 confirmed [+16]302 may [+1]
16802 (University Park): 1,895 confirmed [+9]307 may be [+3]
16870 (Port Matilda): 1,361 confirmed [+19]181 could be [+6]
16841 (Howard): 1,120 confirmed [+8]100 possibilities
16828 (Center Hall): 849 Confirmed [+33]82 possible [+1]
16827 (Boalsburg): 804 confirmed [+20]105 possible
16875 (Spring Mills): 660 confirmed [+4]75 possible
16844 (Julian): 550 confirmed [+2]53 possible
16845 (Karthaus): 521 confirmed, 35 possible
16877 (Warriors mark): 306 Confirmed [+2]29 possible
16853 (Milesburg): 291 Confirmed [+1]20 possibilities
16874 (snowshoes): 284 confirmed [+1]38 possible
16826 (Blanchard): 252 Confirmed [+2]16 possibilities
16865 (Pennsylvania Furness): 241 Confirmed [+1]23 possible [+1]
16820 (Aaronsburg): 197 confirmed, 27 likely
16854 (Millheim): 187 confirmed [+2]16 possibilities
16829 (Clarence): 183 confirmed, 25 possible
16872 (Rebersburg): 174 confirmed [+2]16 possibilities
16851 (Lemont): 169 Confirmed [+2]30 possibilities
16868 (Pine Grove Mills): 108 confirmed [+2]12 possibilities [+1]
16859 (Moshannon): 100 confirmed, 6 possible
16832 (Coburn): 93 confirmed, 9 possible
16677 (Sandy Ridge): 84 confirmed [+1]5 may
16835 (Fleming): 60 confirmed, 8 possible
16856 (Mingaville): 52 confirmed, 10 possible
16852 (Madisonburg): 53 confirmed [+1]5 may
16882 (Woodward): 40 confirmed, 5 confirmed
16863 (Orbiston): 22 Confirmed [+2]
16804 (State College): 21 confirmed, 1-4 confirmed
16805 (State College): 1-4 Confirmed
Case studies of adjacent counties in Center County
[Changes in brackets are since May 18]
Blair: 30,272 [+199]
Clearfield: 19,828 [+151]
Mifflin: 12,438 [+43]
Union: 11,967 [+57]
Huntingdon: 11,726 [+73]
Clinton: 9,325 [+71]
