Feb. 8 update: Centre County’s COVID-19 percent positivity rises again; Pa. rate falls

When it comes to the COVID-19 positivity rate, the county and state are heading in opposite directions.

Centre County’s rate continues to rise and is now among the highest, while the state’s overall rate has fallen again, according to the Department of Health.

The early warning monitoring dashboard shows the county’s positivity rate during the period Jan. 29-Thursday was 13%. The week before, Centre County had a rate of 8.9%; the rate previous to that was 6.6% Only seven counties in Pennsylvania have higher rates. Warren County has the lowest rate at 3.4% while Perry County has the highest rate at 17.3%.

Pennsylvania’s positivity rate fell to 8.6% from 9.3%.

Centre County also has the state’s third highest incidence rate at 338.7 cases per 100,000 residents.

Mount Nittany Medical Center is treating 23 COVID-19 patients between the ages of 49 and 96, a spokesperson said Monday.

The county reported 134 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday to bring the total to 11,869. Pennsylvania added 4,717 cases on Sunday, which brings the state total to 870,321.

Almost 1.3 million vaccine doses have been administered across the state, the Health Department said. In Centre County, 15,605 first doses and 2,863 second doses have been given.

The state has not released Monday’s case counts due to delays caused by maintenance on the data server.

This story was originally published February 8, 2021 at 1:24 PM with the headline "Feb. 8 update: Centre County’s COVID-19 percent positivity rises again; Pa. rate falls."