Centre County adds 195 new cases of COVID-19 in 2nd highest daily increase
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Centre County adds 195 cases of COVID-19
Centre County reported 195 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday for the county’s second highest daily increase, according to the state Department of Health. All the new cases but one are confirmed.
Since the first case was reported March 20, there have been 2,031 cases in the county (1,969 confirmed and 62 probable) as well as 23,810 negative tests. In September alone, there have been 1,545 cases.
Cases have decreased in the past seven days compared to the previous seven days. From Wednesday through Tuesday, there were 582 cases; from Sept. 9-15, there were 763 cases.
The state dashboard shows one COVID-19 patient is hospitalized in the county.
The breakdown of Centre County cases by ZIP code is as follows, according to the Health Department:
- 16801 (State College): 1,264 confirmed (151 new cases), 27 probable (1 new case)
- 16802 (University Park): 270 (22 new cases), 1-4 probable
- 16803 (State College): 125 (13 new cases), 7 probable
- 16823 (Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap): 84, 10 probable
- 16686 (Tyrone): 34, 1-4 probable
- 16827 (Boalsburg): 26, 0 probable
- 16841 (Howard): 26, 1-4 probable
- 16866 (Philipsburg): 26, 1-4 probable
- 16870 (Port Matilda): 26 (1 new case), 1-4 probable
- 16875 (Spring Mills): 25, 0 probable
- 16828 (Centre Hall): 15, 1-4 probable
- 16822 (Beech Creek): 12, 0 probable
- 16851 (Lemont): 9, 0 probable
- 16666 (Osceola Mills): 8, 1-4 probable
- 16853 (Milesburg): 7, 0 probable
- 16844 (Julian): 6, 0 probable
- 16854 (Millheim): 6, 1-4 probable
- 16820 (Aaronsburg): 5, 1-4 probable
- 16845 (Karthaus): 5, 0 probable
- 16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace): 5, 0 probable
- 16877 (Warriors Mark): 5, 0 probable
- 16804, 16826, 16829, 16832, 16852, 16856, 16860, 16868, 16872, 16874, 16882: 1-4 cases each
The state does not provide 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.
Statewide, 834 new cases were reported to bring the total to 151,646. There have been 1.78 million negative tests overall, and an estimated 81% patients have recovered. In the north-central region of the state, which includes Centre County, 19- to 24-year-olds account for about 70% of total cases. That’s the highest percentage across Pennsylvania’s regions, by far.
The age breakdown of patients who tested positive is:
- Approximately 1% are 0-4
- Nearly 2% are 5-12
- Approximately 4% are 13-18
- Nearly 13% are 19-24
- Approximately 36% are 25-49
- Nearly 22% are 50-64
- Nearly 22% are 65 or older
One of Centre County’s new cases is an employee of a nursing/personal care home. The county has had 37 cases in residents and 24 cases in employees of eight long-term care facilities. Across Pennsylvania, there have been 22,331 resident cases and 4,893 employee cases at 962 facilities in 61 counties.
Nineteen new deaths were reported across the state to bring the total to 8,023. The state continues to list 11 Centre County deaths due to COVID-19. Eight of those deaths were in nursing/personal care homes. In Pennsylvania, 5,360 deaths have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities.
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This story was originally published September 22, 2020 at 11:02 AM.