Mount Nittany Medical Center

More than one thousand paper luminarias decorated Mount Nittany Medical Center’s healing garden Monday evening, during an event to honor healthcare workers who have worked throughout the pandemic.

Tom Charles, executive vice president of Mount Nittany Health, spoke to the Centre County Board of Commissioners Tuesday, describing the "incredibly difficulty circumstances" the hospital and its staff are working under as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue.

Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College said it is facing challenges in capacity that it has not experienced since the pandemic began.

The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Pennsylvania increased by more than 10,000 Friday, according to the state Department of Health, the biggest one-day increase in coronavirus cases Pennsylvania has seen since Jan. 8. The number of inpatients at Mount Nittany Health reached 59 on Friday.

Hospital bed capacity at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College is under "unprecedented" strain, hospital officials said in a release Thursday.

Mount Nittany Medical Center has seen an increase in COVID-19 patients. WPSU spoke with Dr. Upendra Thaker, chief medical officer, and Dr. Tiffany Cabibbo, chief nursing officer and executive vice president for patient care services, about the pandemic and how Mount Nittany Health is responding.

Hospitals across the region are treating higher numbers of COVID-19 patients in recent months. Healthcare providers say most of the hospitalizations are among people who are unvaccinated.

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Centre County has been going down recently, but at the same time, hospitalizations are up. Nirmal Joshi, chief medical…

As tens of thousands of Penn State students return to the University Park campus for fall semester, Mount Nittany Health says the community should feel…