State officials are seeing a coronavirus case climb in college-age Pennsylvanians.

“Where we've seen the biggest increases is in colleges and universities,” said Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine in a news conference Friday. “We're very pleased to work with them to help them contain and mitigate the spread of this virus.”

Slippery Rock University has seen 51 of its students test positive for the virus since Aug. 20. From Sept. 4 to Sept. 10, the university added 15 confirmed cases.

University officials last week said they will continue to work with Allegheny Health Network as they move forward with their semester.

Butler County Community College has had two confirmed cases of the virus, according to a school official.

Butler County has added 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last two days, according to state data.According to data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the county added eight new confirmed cases on Thursday and 10 on Friday.As of Friday, the county has had 841 residents test positive with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic. The county's death toll remained at 21 during that time frame.Butler Health System also reported an increase of one inpatient at Butler Memorial Hospital since its last report on Wednesday.Staff at the hospital are treating six inpatients, five with confirmed cases and one whom may have the virus. None of the patients are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit, which is an improvement from one in Wednesday's report.The following numbers on the coronavirus pandemic were compiled from regular news releases from the state Department of Health and the Butler Health System.Friday's COVID-19 statistics:<b>Butler County</b>Confirmed cases: 841Probable cases: 82Negative tests: 19,873Deaths: 21<b>Butler Memorial Hospital</b>Inpatients: 6Suspected: 1Confirmed: 5ICU: 0Total tests: 18,186Outdoor tests: 6,391Positive tests: 320<b>Clarion Hospital</b>Inpatients: 2Suspected: 0Confirmed: 2ICU: 0Total tests: 4,978Outdoor tests: 3,927Positive tests: 100<b>Pennsylvania</b>New cases: 1,008Total cases: 142,885New deaths: 17Total deaths: 7,837Recovered: 82 percentSurrounding Counties</b>Allegheny: 10,692 confirmed cases; 156,601 negative; and 331 deathsArmstrong: 374 confirmed; 6,007 negative; and 13 deathsBeaver: 1,705 confirmed; 17,812 negative; and 106 deathsClarion: 96 confirmed; 2,824 negative; and 3 deathsLawrence: 416 confirmed; 7,022 negative; and 21 deathsMercer: 546 confirmed; 10,528 negative; and 13 deathsVenango: 57 confirmed; 4,250 negative; and 1 deathWestmoreland: 1,877 confirmed; 39,239 negative; and 49 deaths<i>This is a breaking news report — pick up Sunday's Butler Eagle to read more.