Commonwealth of Pennsylvania microbiologist Kerry Pollard performs a manual extraction of the coronavirus within the extraction laboratory at the Pennsylvania Department of Health Laboratory Office. Photo from the Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania.
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The County Center reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The county also reported 94 new negative results.
Since the first was reported on March 20, the county has had a total of 224 cases, including 44 in the past two weeks. A total of 4,683 patients have tested negative for the virus.
Statewide, the health department reported 634 new positives on Saturday, increasing the Pennsylvania total to 89,375. A total of 725,448 patients tested negative, an increase of 10,045 from Friday.
An estimated 78 percent of patients, approximately 69,713, have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.
Pennsylvania has had 6,749 deaths attributed to the virus, including Three reported by the health department on Saturday.
Throughout the state, 589 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, and 97 required the use of a ventilator as of noon Saturday.
Among the state’s total cases, 86,205 are confirmed and 2,536 are probable.
In Center County, 208 are confirmed and 16 are probable.
County Center confirmed cases by zip code are [new cases since Friday in brackets]:
* Note: the numbers do not include probable cases. Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are drawn up by the health department.
16801 (State College): 48 [+1]
16823 (Bellefonte): 47 [+1]
16803 (State College): 41 [+2]
16827 (Boalsburg): 12
16870 (Port Matilda): 9
16841 (Howard): 8
16875 (Spring Mills): 7 [+1]
16828 (Central hall): 6 [+1]
16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace), 16829 (Clarence), 16866 (Philipsburg), 16844 (Julian), 16852 (Madisonburg), 16872 (Rebersburg), and 16845 (Karthaus) each have 1-4 confirmed cases.
Central County nursing home cases were unchanged, with 23 among residents and 14 among staff at two facilities, according to data from the health department.
Among the bordering counties of Center County, Huntingdon now has 254 cases in total, Union has 95 [+1]Blair is 81 [+2]Clinton is 80, Clearfield is 74, and Mifflin is 64. [+1].
