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Over the weekend, the COVID-19 numbers continued to shoot upward in Clinton and its surrounding counties.
On Sunday, Clinton County reported 36 new cases of the virus, while Centre County added 37 cases. Lycoming County, meanwhile, added the most cases -- 49. On Saturday, Clinton County reported 46 new cases, while Centre County added 33 and Lycoming had a whopping 66 cases. On Friday, Clinton County added 60 cases of the deadly virus. Over the past three days, Clinton County has added 142 cases of COVID-19, the most since spring of 2021.
Since the pandemic began, the total numbers look like this: Centre County (20,944), Clinton County (5,229) and Lycoming County (17,016).
On Sunday, Pennsylvania added 3,672 positives to increase the statewide total to 1,593,811.
The Department of Health did not update death data on Sunday. As of Nov. 6, the death toll looked like this: Centre County (246), Clinton County (81) and Lycoming County (365).
As far as hospitalizations are concerned, Pennsylvania has 2,475 COVID-19 inpatients, a decrease of 48 since Saturday, with 573 in intensive care (up three) and 339 on ventilators (down eight). Statewide COVID hospitalizations have declined eight of the past nine days and are at their lowest level since Sept. 21, 2021.
An estimated 91 percent of COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered, according to a DOH calculation that considers a case as recovered if it has not been reported as a death and it is more than 30 days past the date of the first positive test or onset of symptoms.
Centre, Clinton and Lycoming counties remain at the highest level for community transmission of COVID-19 on the Centers for Disease Control scale, according to the latest county-level data update on Saturday.
Among Pennsylvania's 67 counties, all but one are at the highest level of transmission. Philadelphia is at the substantial level, which is the second highest on the CDC scale.
Transmission levels are based on positivity rate and cases per 100,000 people for the previous seven days. At the substantial and high levels, CDC guidance recommends all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in public indoor settings.
DOH did not update vaccination data on Sunday.
Vaccination appointments through your local healthcare provider and numerous pharmacies. You can find a provider at vaccines.gov.