Butler County reported five more deaths from COVID-19 and more than 200 new cases of the virus over the weekend, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The department also announced that it will operate a COVID-19 testing site from Wednesday through Sunday at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Drive-thru and indoor walk-in testing will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Up to 450 patients can be tested daily. Mid-nasal passage swab PCR tests will be performed.

Testing is on a first-come, first-serve basis and is free to all patients. Patients must be ages 3 or older and are not required to show COVID symptoms to be tested. No appointment is necessary. Patients are encouraged to bring a photo ID or insurance card. Registration will be completed on-site. The turnaround time for test results is two to seven days after testing.

On Monday, the department reported the county had 75 deaths, an increase from 70 on Friday, and 3,208 confirmed cases, an increase from 2,993 on Friday.

The Butler Health System reported that one person died at Butler Memorial Hospital and another died at Clarion Hospital on Sunday. Both hospitals also had slight increases in the number of confirmed cases.

Statewide, 8,053 new cases were reported Saturday, 5,529 were reported Sunday and 4,268 were reported Monday, bringing the statewide total to 361,464. The state recovery rate declined 1% as of Monday.

Of the 4,405 people hospitalized across the state, 918 patients are in the intensive care unit. Most of the patients hospitalized are ages 65 or older, and most of the deaths have occurred in patients 65 or older.

Statewide percent positivity for the week of Nov. 20-26 was 11.7%. The number of tests administered between Nov. 23-29 was 392,547 with 47,557 positive cases.

New deaths totaled 75 on Saturday and 32 on Sunday, raising the state total to 10,383.

The department noted a significant increase in the COVID-19 cases among the 19-24 year-old age group. That group accounted for 6% of all cases in April in the northeastern United States, but accounts for 13% in November. The percentage increased from 75 to 165 in the north-central part of the country, 55% to 11% in the southeast, 5% to 10% in the southwest and 7% to 11% in the northwest, but only 7% to 8% in the south central area.

There are 16,951 people with positive viral antigen tests who are considered probable cases and 639 people with positive serology tests and either COVID-19 symptoms or a high-risk exposure, according to the department.

In nursing and personal care homes, 35,367 residents and 6,661 employees have COVID-19, for a total of 42,028 cases at 1,266 distinct facilities in 64 counties. Of the total deaths in the state, 6,477 have occurred among residents at nursing or personal care facilities.

About 14,499 of the total cases in the state are among health care workers, according to the department.

In addition, state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine and Acting Secretary of Education Noe Ortega announced that, with parental or guardian permission, residents ages 13 to 17 years old can help the fight against the spread of COVID-19 by downloading the free COVID Alert PA app.

The voluntary mobile app was developed by the department, NearForm, University of Pennsylvania and MIT Lincoln Laboratory using Apple and Google's Exposure Notification System. Features include an interactive symptom check-in, alerts for potential exposures to the virus, updates on the latest public health data and public health guidance for what to do if you have a potential exposure.

In the app update, the department will share further data to provide the most up-to-date county case counts and hospitalizations. The update will also include an information hub, where residents learn more about contact tracing, app compatibility with other states and where to find a testing location and other assistance and benefits.

The app collects user statistics such as the number of downloads or the symptom check-in demographics that people can voluntarily share. Since the app's launch on Sept. 22, it has been downloaded 622,000 times to smart phone devices, and 326 people with positive cases confirmed their positivity through the app, generating 144 close-contact exposure alerts. Of those who received an exposure alert, 21 requested a call-back to speak with a trained contact tracer.