May 26, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

May 26, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

Centre Region Specific News:

Centre County: Centre County is moving into the green phase on May 29th. The Department of Health indicated they should have more information on guidance under the green phase available later this week. You can read more here: http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/centre-county-will-move-to-green-phase-on-friday,1483317/

Centre Region Code: The Code Office held a webinar with contractors last week to discuss the Governor's guidance on construction and how its being enforced locally. Another webinar is scheduled for next week.

State College Borough: The Borough is conducting a survey of its local businesses. The survey can be found here: https://polco.us/surveys/8403d877-eb8e-446d-9b50-82c3d9110e08

State College Borough: The Mayor's latest video update can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjnxpD-zWCo&feature=youtu.be

News from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

There are now 68,637 cases in PA. There are 148 cases in Centre County. 1,966 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 29th.

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.