May 8, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

May 8, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

Centre Region Specific News:

There is no new Centre Region news to share.

News from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

Centre County moved to yellow status on May 8th. The Governor announced that 13 additional counties will move to yellow status on May 15th. Those counties include Blair and Cambria. You can read more here: https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-announces-13-counties-will-move-to-yellow-phase-of-reopening-on-may-15/

The Governor provided guidance for businesses that are reopening under the yellow phase. You can find that guidance here: https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200504-COVID-19-Business-Guidance.pdf?fbclid=IwAR04NS58d7v1LaMo47IOR2xppPCMrnvYY4C75h610U5g9bpFuWaHjCexVNU

The Governor signed an executive order protecting residents from evictions and foreclosures through July 10th. You can read more here: https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-attorney-general-shapiro-announce-protections-from-foreclosures-and-evictions-through-july-10/

There are now 54,238 cases in PA. There are 117 cases in Centre County. 1,173 people have tested negative for COVID-19.

The Department of Health's dashboard shows the number of cases per zip code. You can find the dashboard here: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/bc92e33cfd5d417795f7a7a1a5cb3b1d/

Resources for residents:

Residents can get more information on our special COVID-19 website. The site is updated daily by State College Borough. You can find that site here: https://www.statecollegepa.us/coronavirus

Residents can also get information on the Centre Region Ready Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/centreregionready/

Updates will become biweekly, as news begins to slow. The next update will be sent on May 12th.

For questions or more information, please contact Centre Region Public Information Officer Amy Farkas by email at manager@harristownship.org or by phone at 466-6228.