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COVID Box

The following numbers on the coronavirus pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health.

COVID-19 statistics from Wednesday are:

Butler County

New cases: 347

Confirmed cases: 29,679

Probable cases: 10,356

Negative tests: 73,121

New deaths: 5

Deaths: 652

Butler Memorial Hospital

Inpatients: 52

Suspected: 0

Confirmed: 52

ICU: 4

Total tests: 98,881

Outdoor tests: 29,343

Positive tests: 16,064

Note: 2 deaths reported Jan. 17 and 1 death reported Jan. 19.

Clarion Hospital

Inpatients: 11

Suspected: 3

Confirmed: 8

ICU: 3

Total tests: 20,449

Outdoor tests: 16,795

Positive tests: 4,227

Note: 1 deaths reported Jan. 19.

Pennsylvania

New cases: 17,457

Total cases: 2,523,589

New deaths: 326

Total deaths: 39,093

Surrounding counties

Allegheny: 184,756 confirmed cases, 578,465 negative, 2,864 deaths

Armstrong: 11,741 confirmed, 21,900 negative, 293 deaths

Beaver: 28,555 confirmed, 72,164 negative, 648 deaths

Clarion: 5,930 confirmed, 11,576 negative, 183 deaths

Lawrence: 11,824 confirmed, 27,599 negative, 360 deaths

Mercer: 16,610 confirmed, 40,952 negative, 449 deaths

Venango: 8,316 confirmed, 15,788 negative, 212 deaths

Westmoreland: 46,053 confirmed, 130,393 negative, 1,198 deaths

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