COVID update
The following numbers on the COVID-19 pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health and Butler Health System.
COVID-19 statistics from Thursday through Tuesday are:
Butler County
New cases: 324
Confirmed cases: 37,301
Probable cases: 12,074
New deaths: 5
Deaths: 766
Butler Memorial Hospital
Inpatients: 16
Suspected: 0
Confirmed: 16
ICU: 1
Total tests: 114,617
Outdoor tests: 30,808
Positive tests: 18,873
Note: Butler Memorial Hospital reported one death Aug. 1 and two deaths Aug. 5
Clarion Hospital
Inpatients: 3
Suspected: 0
Confirmed: 3
ICU: 0
Total tests: 24,344
Outdoor tests: 18,719
Positive tests: 5,099
Pennsylvania
New cases: 20,626
Total cases: 3,125,967
New deaths: 113
Total deaths: 46,374
Surrounding counties
Allegheny: 241,250 confirmed cases, 63,085 probable, 3,459 deaths
Armstrong: 14,028 confirmed, 2,471 probable, 357 deaths
Beaver: 36,082 confirmed, 8,155 probable, 766 deaths
Clarion: 7,316 confirmed, 1,565 probable, 209 deaths
Lawrence: 14,117 confirmed, 6,501 probable, 430 deaths
Mercer: 19,816 confirmed, 5,663 probable, 511 deaths
Venango: 10,217 confirmed, 2,052 probable, 249 deaths
Westmoreland: 57,459 confirmed, 30,807 probable, 1,424 deaths
