October 29, 2020: COVID-19 Update from the Centre Region Emergency Management Program

• State College Borough: Following reports of several large parties last weekend, State College Police, in conjunction with the Penn State University Police Department, are conducting a follow-up investigation to identify persons who were part of these illegal gatherings.  Police will use video recordings from these incidents to assist in identifying persons involved with the intent of issuing citations for the violation(s) and for those who are Penn State students, also referring to Penn State’s Office of Student Conduct for university sanctions.
• In addition, State College Borough and Penn State University administrators have been in contact with numerous complexes to request their assistance. Those contacted have agreed to assist by restricting access to their common areas in their buildings and have begun to assist in the police investigation.

• State College Borough: From Monday, October 19, to Sunday, October 25, there were 17 temporary emergency ordinance violations reported to the police department that resulted in the issuance or filing of 6 citations. Since enactment, there have been a total of 82 citations issued for violations.

• State College Police: The Police are seeking the public's help in identifying persons of interest that participated in large gatherings last weekend. You can read more here: http://www.statecollegepa.us/DocumentCenter/View/22677/PSU-vs-Indiana-Persons-of-Intersest

• State College Borough: Mayor Filippelli's message to Nittany Lion fans can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHxkmcf6iT0&feature=youtu.be

• Ferguson Township: Ferguson Township's offices are closed to the public, following an employee testing positive for COVID-19. You can read more here: https://www.twp.ferguson.pa.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif576/f/uploads/re_ferguson_township_municipal_building_closed_for_the_week_of_the_26.pdf

• College Township: College Township officials remind residents of the Township's gathering restrictions. Additionally, the Township has communicated with owners and businesses with large parking lots of the gathering restrictions. You can read more here: https://www.collegetownship.org/news_detail_T14_R414.php

• Penn State: The University announced several parking, traffic and tailgating restrictions ahead of the Ohio State game. University parking lots will be monitored and tailgating is prohibited. You can read more here: https://news.psu.edu/story/637128/2020/10/28/campus-life/parking-traffic-and-transit-restrictions-place-saturdays

• Penn State: The University will host several outdoor, socially distanced watch parties for on campus students. You can read more here: https://news.psu.edu/story/636603/2020/10/27/athletics/university-park-students-invited-socially-distanced-football
• Penn State: The University met with several local landlords to discuss the need for better monitoring of student gatherings this weekend. In addition, Penn State Police, State College Police and the PA State Police will be patrolling areas where students tend to congregate to help with compliance.

News from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

• 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 29th, there are 193,611 cases in PA. 2,282,828 people have tested negative for COVID-19.

• As of October 29th, there are 4,024 cases in Centre County. 36,207 people have tested negative for COVID-19.