Butler County saw 103 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one new death Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The new cases raise the number of county residents who contracted the coronavirus to 7,638, and the additional death raises the county total to 288 fatalities since the pandemic began.

Statewide, 7,166 additional positive cases were reported Saturday, bringing the total to 761,777.

This is an excerpt from a story appearing in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.