October 1, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

• Trick or Treat Night: A notice reflecting the date change for trick or treat night in State College, College, Ferguson, Harris and Patton Townships was posted on the Centre Region Ready facebook page. You can read that notice here: https://www.facebook.com/centreregionready

• The CDC Guidance on Halloween and other fall holidays can be found here (scroll to the bottom of the page): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html

• CATA: CATA is temporarily suspending some commuter service, effective October 5th. You can read more here: https://catabus.com/october2020-service/

• CATA will also resume Blue Loop service on campus, starting October 5th. You can read more here: https://news.psu.edu/story/633872/2020/09/30/campus-life/blue-loop-return-service-starting-oct-5

News from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

• A federal appeals court restored the Governor's limits on indoor and outdoor gatherings. You can read more here: https://wjactv.com/news/local/ap-federal-appeals-court-restores-states-restrictions-on-gathering-limits
• The Department of Health rolled out a new mobile app that helps with contact tracing and with symptom tracking. You can read more here: https://www.pa.gov/covid/covid-alert-pa/
• As of October 1st, there are 154,822 cases in PA. 1,889,639 people have tested negative for COVID-19.
• As of October 1st, there are 2,688 cases in Centre County. 26,762 people have tested negative for COVID-19.