May 15, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

May 15, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

Centre Region Specific News:

Vote By Mail: For the first time, residents can vote by mail in Pennsylvania. More information can be found here: https://www.votespa.com/Voting-in-PA/Pages/Mail-and-Absentee-Ballot.aspx

News from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

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
DCNR: DCNR has an interactive map that shows which facilities are open. You can find that here: https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/FacilitiesMap/Pages/default.aspx
There are now 60,622 cases in PA. There are 129 cases in Centre County. 1,413 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/

The next update will be sent on May 19th.

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.