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

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

Centre Region Specific News:

Helping Happy Valley Campaign: Penn State Athletics is working with the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau to promote ways fans can support the State College community during the COVID-19 outbreak. You can read more here: https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sports/article_569cdbb2-9917-11ea-a10a-7fb4c2cc2597.html

Patton Township: Crews will begin work on Wednesday on a bridge project on Valley Vista Drive. The bridge spans Interstate 99 as motorists merge onto Valley Vista Drive via the Valley Vista/Park Forest exit at mile marker 69. The project will move the bridge's status from "fair" to "good." You can read more here: http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/bridge-repair-work-to-begin-wednesday-in-patton-township,1483274/

Light Up the Night: On Wednesday, May 20th, 5/20/20, entities around the State College community (State College Area SD, Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy, State College Little League, State College Teener League, Tussey Mountain Ski & Recreation, State College Spikes, Penn State Athletics, State College, Penn State, Patton, and Ferguson Township Police, Alpha, Port Matilda, and Boalsburg Fire Companies, Centre Life Link EMS, Forever Broadcasting, as well as Mount Nittany Medical Center) are joining together to honor the Class of 2020 and support the nurses, doctors, medical providers, and first responders on the front line of COVID-19 by lighting up our fields and facilities at 2020 hours (8:20 pm) for 20 minutes. You can read more here: http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/state-college-to-light-up-the-night-for-class-of-2020-first-responders,1483278/

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

There are now 63,666 cases in PA. There are 132 cases in Centre County. 1,529 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 22nd.

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.