State COVID positivity rate drops, Clinton County goes up

HARRISBURG, PA – Governor Tom Wolf and Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam have released the state’s weekly status update detailing mitigation efforts based on the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System dashboard. The report shows a seven-day case increase of 20,204 (5,781 fewer new cases than reported the previous week), a statewide percent positivity of 8.6 (down from 9.3% last week), and 59 counties with substantial transmission status (also an improvement from the previous week).

All 67 counties reported percent positivity rates lower than 20 percent this week – the first in a while. Clinton County, however, saw a rise in the percent positivity, to 9.6%. This compares to 8.9% last week, but is still lower than two weeks ago, when it was 11.5%. Centre County saw a marked increase in percent positivity, to 13% this week, up from 8.9% last week and 6.6% two weeks ago. Lycoming County continues to see a decline in percent positivity. This week it was 9.8%, compared to 10.4% last week and 12.4% two weeks ago.

Clinton, Centre and Lycoming counties remain in what the state considers a “substantial” level of transmission.

Neighboring Cameron County continues to have a “low” level of transmission this week – the only county so-designated. Counties considered as having a “moderate” level of transmission are Armstrong, Bedford, Cambria, Elk, Indiana, Westmoreland and Wyoming.