September 10, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

Centre Region Specific News:

State College Borough: The Borough provided an update on the number of citations issued under its masking and gathering ordinance. You can find more information here: http://www.statecollegepa.us/CivicSend/ViewMessage/Message/122589

Penn State: Penn State announced they will continue their flexible learning model for spring semester 2021. You can read more here: https://news.psu.edu/story/630975/2020/09/08/academics/university-planning-flexible-instructional-modes-spring-2021

News from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

Governor Wolf changed the capacity restrictions for restaurants. Beginning September 21st, restaurants can move to 50 percent capacity. You can read more here: https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-announces-restaurants-may-increase-indoor-occupancy-to-50-percent-starting-september-21/

As of September 10th, there are 137,803 cases in PA. 1,639,349 people have tested negative for COVID-19.

As of September 10th, there are 925 cases in Centre County. 18,921 people have tested negative for COVID-19.

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/

State College Borough is maintaining a dashboard by zip code. The dashboard can be found here: https://coronavirus-response-state-college-borough-statecollegepa.hub.arcgis.com/

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.