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DOH: COVID-19 outbreak at SCI Camp Hill leads to 393 new cases for Cumberland County Saturday

The Sentinel - 2/28/2021

Feb. 28—Fueled by an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the State Correctional Institution Camp Hill, the state Department of Health reported 393 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths for Cumberland County in Saturday's data release.

The DOH dashboard for state prisons shows 237 active COVID-19 cases at the prison as of Thursday — 206 inmates and 31 employees. The dashboard reports three inmate deaths and one employee death. The state prison is located in the Camp Hill ZIP code (17011), which reported an increase of 324 new cases in Saturday's update.

Pa. Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel discussed the COVID-19 outbreak at the prison during an abc27 "This Week in Pennsylvania" pre-taped interview, abc27 reported.

Wetzel told abc27 that after mass testing inmates at the facility he expects the number of cases to increase in the next few days as more tests come back.

The DOC showed a total population of 2,165 at the prison, which serves as the diagnostic and classification center for all male inmates entering the state prison system, as of January.

"As you know, Camp Hill is our reception facility, so new people coming off the street, we get a lot more COVID," Wetzel said. "We test everybody."

Saturday's report for Cumberland County included 1,060 total test results, with 15 new probables. Comparing just the number of negative tests (667) and confirmed positive tests (378), the county saw about 36% of its tests come back positive.

With the spike in cases, the county's seven-day average of cases now jumps to 97.43 and its 14-day per capita rate jumps to 435.73.

There were 58 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county in Saturday report, with nine in intensive care units and seven on ventilators.

As of Saturday's data, the Health Department says 14,052 partial vaccines have been administered in Cumberland County, with 10,370 full vaccines (both doses) administered, marking the first day with more than 10,000 people completely vaccinated.

In the southcentral region for Saturday, York County reported 105 new cases and one death, Dauphin County reported 78 cases and three deaths, and Franklin County reported 30 cases and one death.

The Health Department reported 3,361 additional positive cases of COVID-19 for the state Saturday and 132 new deaths, nearly double the previous day.

County numbers in the southcentral region (updated Feb. 27):

— Adams County (pop. 103,009): 21 new cases; 7,250 total cases (6,226 confirmed, 1,024 probable); 30,500 negatives; 150 deaths

— Bedford County (pop. 47,888): 9 new cases; 3,802 total cases (2,767 confirmed, 1,035 probable); 8,825 negatives; 129 deaths

— Blair County (pop. 121,829): 11 new cases; 10,591 total cases (8,636 confirmed, 1,955 probable); 34,489 negatives; 298 deaths

— Cumberland County (pop. 253,370): 393 new cases; 16,479 total cases (13,610 confirmed, 2,869 probable); 68,782 negatives; 481 deaths (+2)

— Dauphin County (pop. 278,299): 78 new cases; 20,524 total cases (18,406 confirmed, 2,118 probable); 88,236 negatives; 492 deaths (+3)

— Franklin County (pop. 155,027): 30 new cases; 12,494 total cases (10,817 confirmed, 1,677 probable); 43,792 negatives; 324 deaths (+1)

— Fulton County (pop. 14,530): 0 new cases; 1,129 total cases (648 confirmed, 481 probable); 3,325 negatives; 14 deaths

— Huntingdon County (pop. 45,144): 3 new cases; 4,191 total cases (3,534 confirmed, 657 probable); 13,077 negatives; 123 deaths (+1)

— Juniata County (pop. 24,763): 2 new cases; 1,815 total cases (1,635 confirmed, 180 probable); 4,524 negatives; 80 deaths

— Lebanon County (pop. 141,793): 28 new cases; 12,798 total cases (11,256 confirmed, 1,542 probable); 43,181 negatives; 259 deaths (+1)

— Mifflin County (pop. 46,138): 8 new cases; 4,577 total cases (4,347 confirmed, 230 probable); 12,475 negatives; 167 deaths (+1)

— Perry County (pop. 46,272): 13 new cases; 2,891 total cases (2,368 confirmed, 523 probable); 9,170 negatives; 84 deaths

— York County (pop. 449,058): 105 new cases; 35,739 total cases (29,2961 confirmed, 5,778 probable); 129,917 negatives; 720 deaths (+1)

ZIP code-level counts (updated Feb. 27):

— 17013: 1,979 positives, 10,402 negatives — +2 since Feb. 26

— 17015: 1,267 positives, 5,257 negatives — +7 since Feb. 26

— 17050: 1,980 positives, 10,094 negatives — +9 since Feb. 26

— 17055: 2,270 positives, 12,857 negatives — +16 since Feb. 26

— 17011: 2,227 positives, 10,937 negatives — +324 since Feb. 26

— 17007: 314 positives, 1,245 negatives — +0 since Feb. 26

— 17065: 210 positives, 911 negatives — +1 since Feb. 26

— 17324: 195 positives, 971 negatives — +0 since Feb. 26

— 17241: 508 positives, 2,535 negatives — -1 since Feb. 26

— 17257: 1,515 positives, 5,040 negatives — +2 since Feb. 26

— 17240: 132 positives, 468 negatives — +0 since Feb. 26

— 17025: 888 positives, 4,089 negatives — +1 since Feb. 26

— 17070: 873 positives, 4,024 negatives — -1 since Feb. 26

— 17043: 288 positives, 1,482 negatives — +0 since Feb. 26

— 17019: 948 positives, 4,141 negatives — +6 since Feb. 26

— 17266: 17 positives, 92 negatives — +0 since Feb. 26

Long-term care facilities and personal care homes in Cumberland County (as reported to the Department of Health through Feb. 9):

— Artis Senior Living of West Shore (Lemoyne): 29 resident cases; 12 staff cases; fewer than 5 deaths

— Bethany Village Retirement Center (Mechanicsburg): 6 resident cases; 9 staff cases; 0 deaths

— Bridges at Bent Creek (Hampden Township): 0 resident cases; fewer than 5 staff cases; 0 deaths

— Brookdale Grandon Farms (Hampden Township): 9 resident cases; 5 staff cases; 0 deaths

— Carriage Courts Personal Care at Green Ridge Village (Newville): fewer than 5 resident cases; fewer than 5 staff cases; 0 deaths

— Chapel Pointe (Carlisle): 13 resident cases; 13 staff cases; 5 deaths

— Church of God Home (Carlisle): fewer than 5 resident cases; fewer than 5 staff cases; 12 deaths

— Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Carlisle): 135 resident cases; 88 staff cases; 49 deaths

— Country Meadows of West Shore (Mechanicsburg): 72 resident cases; 38 staff cases; fewer than 5 deaths

— Cumberland Crossings (Carlisle): 40 resident cases; 31 staff cases; 15 deaths (data from last report on Dec. 17)

— Elmcroft of Shippensburg: 17 resident cases; 11 staff cases; fewer than 5 deaths

— Forest Park (Carlisle): 64 resident cases; 43 staff cases; 13 deaths

— Fox Subacute (Mechanicsburg): 0 resident cases; 14 staff cases; 0 deaths (numbers are from last available data on Dec. 29)

— Gardens at Camp Hill: 50 resident cases; 26 staff cases; 8 deaths (numbers are from last available data on Jan. 29)

— Gardens at West Shore (Camp Hill): 82 resident cases; 26 staff cases; 19 deaths (numbers are from last available data on June 10)

— Gilliland Manor (Newville): fewer than 5 resident cases; fewer than 5 staff cases; 0 deaths

— Manorcare Health Center (Camp Hill): 38 resident cases; fewer than 15 staff cases; less than 5 deaths

— Manorcare Health Center (Carlisle): 113 resident cases; 38 staff cases; 14 deaths

— Messiah Lifeways (Upper Allen Township): 115 cases; 80 staff cases; 52 deaths

— New Visions Inc.: 7 staff cases; fewer than 5 resident cases; 0 deaths

— Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home (Carlisle): 105 resident cases; 90 staff cases; 17 deaths

— Shippensburg Health Care Center: 116 resident cases; 51 staff cases; 34 deaths (resident numbers haven't been updated since Dec. 1)

— Swaim Health Center (Newville): 14 resident cases; 26 staff cases; fewer than 5 deaths

— Thornwald Home (Carlisle): 37 resident cases; 47 staff cases; fewer than 5 deaths

— Vibra Senior Living: 0 resident cases; fewer than 5 staff cases; 0 deaths

— Woods at Cedar Run: fewer than 5 resident cases; fewer than 5 staff cases; 0 deaths

COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard (Feb. 19-Feb. 25):

(Counties with a percent positivity above 5% in a week go on the Department of Health's watch list)

— Pennsylvania:

— Percent Positivity — 6.3% last 7 days (6.5% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 101.3 (118.6 previous 7 days)

— Adams County:

— Percent Positivity — 8.6% last 7 days (9.1% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 116.5 (136.9 previous 7 days)

— Cumberland County:

— Percent Positivity — 5.9% last 7 days (5.5% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 98.3 (111.7 previous 7 days)

— Dauphin County:

— Percent Positivity — 9.1% last 7 days (8.2% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 109.2 (135.1 previous 7 days)

— Franklin County:

— Percent Positivity — 5.4% last 7 days (6.9% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 78.7 (118.7 previous 7 days)

— Lebanon County:

— Percent Positivity — 7.8% last 7 days (7.3% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 103.7 (138.9 previous 7 days)

— Perry County:

— Percent Positivity — 13.2% last 7 days (12.8% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 82.1 (103.7 previous 7 days)

— York County:

— Percent Positivity — 8.4% last 7 days (9.3% previous 7 days)

— Incidence Rate per 100,000 people last 7 days — 105.1 (149.4 previous 7 days)

Email Jake Adams at jadams@cumberlink.com or follow him on Twitter @jakeadams520

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