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: 270
Confirmed cases: 37,571
Probable cases: 12,193
New deaths: 3
Deaths: 769
Butler Memorial Hospital
Inpatients: 11
Suspected: 0
Confirmed: 11
ICU: 1
Total tests: 115,005
Outdoor tests: 30,839
Positive tests: 18,978
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: 24,451
Outdoor tests: 18,757
Positive tests: 5,126
Pennsylvania
New cases: 21,507
Total cases: 3,147,474
New deaths: 120
Total deaths: 46,494
Surrounding counties
Allegheny: 243,436 confirmed cases, 63,744 probable, 3,477 deaths
Armstrong: 14,104 confirmed, 2,499 probable, 359 deaths
Beaver: 36,341 confirmed, 8,277 probable, 769 deaths
Clarion: 7,385 confirmed, 1,571 probable, 210 deaths
Lawrence: 14,223 confirmed, 6,581 probable, 431 deaths
Mercer: 19,985 confirmed, 5,717 probable, 514 deaths
Venango: 10,286 confirmed, 2,055 probable, 250 deaths
Westmoreland: 57,925 confirmed, 31,263 probable, 1,431 deaths
