Butler County's decline in COVID-19 cases continued through the weekend.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the county reported the deaths of three residents over the past three days, including two Saturday, zero Sunday and one Monday.

Over that same time period, the county added 91 new confirmed cases, including 20 Saturday, 37 Sunday and 34 Monday.

These numbers continue a downward trend in recent weeks for the county.

For the month of January, the county averaged about 61 new confirmed cases and about four deaths per day. In the past seven days, the county averaged about 29 new confirmed cases and about two deaths per day.

The county's decline has also shown in other numbers too, such as its percent positivity rate, listed at 8.6% for the most recent week of Jan. 22 through Thursday. That is a 3% decrease from the week before.

The statewide percent positivity rate has also been declining. This week, the Department of Health is reporting at 9.6%., a decrease of about 1.1%.

“While our statewide positivity rate is decreasing, we are still reporting new cases of COVID-19 and the department is trying our best to reach those Pennsylvanians to find where they went and who they came in contact with to notify, educate and monitor close contacts,” said Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam in a news release Monday. “That's why we need residents to answer the call.”

Both at the state and local levels, hospitalizations have begun to fall as well. According to the COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard, the statewide average daily census of residents hospitalized with COVID-19 had fallen to about 3,792, a reduction of 1,067.

Butler County's hospitalization rate dropped from about 33 to 30, according to the dashboard.

According to Monday's report by Butler Health System, Butler Memorial Hospital reported two fewer hospitalized patients, but it also reported the death of one resident, which was reported to the Department of Health.

The hospital is treating 28 inpatients for COVID-19 with 26 of those having confirmed cases of the virus. Five COVID-19 patients are being treated in the intensive care unit.

BHS also noted Monday that its scheduling of vaccines will continue, for now, to be limited to health care workers and people age 75 and older.

“BHS is working closely with Butler County Human Services to assist scheduling and vaccinating the elderly and those individuals who are at particularly high risk and who may not have access to the internet,” said BHS spokeswoman Jana Panther.

In its report Monday, the state Department of Health acknowledged it has been allocated 2.1 million vaccines to date, which include both first and second doses. To date, about 1 million vaccines have been administered with 615,085 being first doses and 196,470 second doses.

According to a data table released Monday by the department, Butler Health System is not on the list to receive doses this week; however the table has been known to change throughout the week, as more information becomes available.

“The Pennsylvania Department of Health distribution and future deliveries remain unpredictable,” Panther said.