September 3, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

• Centre Region Emergency Management Program: The EOC resumed weekly briefings. In keeping with that, we will resume sending updates to the elected officials in the COG. Look for weekly updates, unless something changes.
  

• Penn State: Penn State has a COVID dashboard that tracks University-wide and campus specific testing information for students and employees. You can view the dashboard here: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMzM0ZDQyNTMtNTUxYS00ODEzLTk4YzAtZTc4ZjMyNGQ4YjJkIiwidCI6IjdjZjQ4ZDQ1LTNkZGItNDM4OS1hOWMxLWMxMTU1MjZlYjUyZSIsImMiOjF9

• Penn State: The University has partnered with the PA Department of Health for contract tracing. You can find more information here: https://news.psu.edu/story/629571/2020/08/25/administration/penn-state-partners-pennsylvania-department-health-contact?utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_term=629604_HTML&utm_content=08-25-2020-22-27&utm_campaign=Penn%20State%20Today

• Penn State: The University has a robust FAQ section on its virus website. The page includes information that is broken down specifically for students, parents, faculty and staff and community members. You can find that website here: https://virusinfo.psu.edu/faq/topic/latest-updates

• State College Area School District: The School District announced changes to its in person instruction. The district will not be in session on Friday, September 4th, as it continues to monitor case levels in accordance with its health and safety plan. You can find more information here: https://www.scasd.org/Page/37975

• State College Borough: The Borough launched Sustain State College, which is a coordinated municipal response to providing emergency resources to Borough residents, businesses, and owners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Included on this website are programs and other tools (such as relaxing local regulations) to help our community during this challenge: http://www.statecollegepa.us/3172/Sustain-State-College

• State College Borough: A fact sheet on the Borough's masking and gathering ordinance is available in multiple languages. It can be found here: http://www.statecollegepa.us/coronavirus

News from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

• Governor Wolf issued updated guidance for spectators at professional, collegiate and high school sports. You can find the guidance here: https://www.governor.pa.gov/covid-19/sports-guidance/

• As of September 2nd, there are 131,752 cases in PA. 1,552,085 people have tested negative for COVID-19.

• As of September 2nd, there are 491 cases in Centre County. 15,240 people have tested negative for COVID-19.