Reopening updates: Centre County adds 9 cases of COVID-19, and other updates for Sept. 6
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Centre County adds 9 cases of COVID-19
After several days of double-digit daily increases in coronavirus cases, Centre County reported just nine new positives Sunday, according to the state Department of Health. The county has had 661 cases since March 20; 614 are confirmed and 47 are probable. More than a quarter of the county’s positive cases have been reported in the past seven days. There have been 16,671 negative tests.
With 691 new cases, Pennsylvania’s total stands at 139,316. There have been 1.6 million negative tests statewide.
The breakdown of cases by Centre County ZIP code is as follows, according to the DOH:
- 16801 (State College): 235 confirmed (6 new cases), 18 probable
- 16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 74, 6 probable
- 16803 (State College): 63, 6 probable
- 16802 (University Park): 58 (1 new case), 0 probable
- 16686 (Tyrone): 30, 0 probable
- 16866 (Philipsburg): 26, 1-4 probable
- 16875 (Spring Mills): 23, 0 probable
- 16841 (Howard): 23, (1 new case) 1-4 probable
- 16870 (Port Matilda): 21, 1-4 probable
- 16827 (Boalsburg): 17, 0 probable
- 16822 (Beech Creek): 12, 0 probable
- 16828 (Centre Hall): 13 (1 new case), 1-4 probable
- 16666 (Osceola Mills): 8, 1-4 probable
- 16851 (Lemont): 7, 0 probable
- 16853 (Milesburg): 7, 0 probable
- 16844 (Julian): 6, 0 probable
- 16854 (Millheim): 6, 1-4 probable
- 16877 (Warriors Mark): 5, 0 probable
- 16820 (Aaronsburg): 5, 1-4 probable
- 16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 5, 0 probable
- 16804, 16829, 16832, 16845, 16852, 16860, 16868, 16872, 16874, 16882: 1-4 cases each
The state does not give specific numbers when there are fewer than five cases to protect patient privacy and does not identify exactly where a case occurred in a ZIP code that spans multiple counties.
Three people are hospitalized in Centre County due to COVID-19, according to the state.
No new deaths were reported in the state, which leaves the total at 7,760.
The age breakdown of positive cases across the state is:
- Approximately 1% are 0-4
- Nearly 2% are 5-12
- Approximately 4% are 13-18
- Nearly 11% are 19-24
- Approximately 37% are 25-49
- Approximately 22% are 50-64
- Nearly 23% are 65 or older
- by Matt Hymowitz
‘It’s about the experience.’ No fall football means lost ‘family’ time for Penn State’s ‘Big Uglies’
Most fall weekends you can find the Duda brothers with their families.
On Friday, it’s a trip to Mom’s to spend time with her and other relatives. They have dinner and catch up about what’s going on in each of their lives.
On Saturday, the family meetup grows. They hang out with friends at tailgates in preparation for the Penn State football team to take the field. But eventually, it’s no longer three men visiting their family and friends in their hometown of State College.
- by Jon Sauber
‘It’s a tough situation’: Penn State football alums mourn Nittany Lions’ lost fall season
Keith “Goon” Conlin watched the seconds tick off the video board at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on a late December 2019 afternoon.
On the field, then-No. 10 Penn State had begun to celebrate its double-digit win over then-No. 17 Memphis in the Cotton Bowl. After a sack by defensive end Jason Oweh allowed the final 14 seconds to wind down, players gave head coach James Franklin a Gatorade shower on the sideline.
Meanwhile, Conlin — an All-Big Ten offensive tackle for Penn State from 1992-95 — was already looking forward to the Nittany Lions’ next season.
- by Parth Upadhyaya