Gov. Tom Wolf won’t restrict seated service at Butler County bars and restaurants after all.

Butler County commissioners were told Friday that Wolf and the state Department of Health would not place restrictions on bars and restaurants in the county as a result of COVID-19.

State health department officials said earlier this week there would be closures in much of southwestern Pennsylvania, including Butler County.

Also Friday, Pennsylvania reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time since early May, though Butler County reported just seven new cases.

No new deaths were reported in the county.

Friday’s addition of 1,009 new cases in Pennsylvania brings the total to 93,876 COVID-19 cases. Thirty-two new deaths associated with the virus were reported, bringing the statewide total to 6,880.

It was not immediately clear if the governor would take actions to close bars and restaurants in other counties in the region.

“There’s going to be no orders forthcoming from the governor’s office for Butler County,” Commissioner Kim Geyer said in a statement. “The numbers in Butler County do not support business closures.”

“It’s important for the public to know the Butler County commissioners do not make business closure decisions and would not have endorsed business closures,” she said.

Eating establishments in neighboring Allegheny County were ordered to stop in-person dining, both indoors and outdoors, last week following exponential increases in COVID-19 cases. That order expired Thursday and was replaced with an order prohibiting indoor dining but permitting outdoor dining in Allegheny County.

Those proclamations were issued by that county’s health department. Butler County does not have a health department. Geyer said the county does not regulate eating establishments.

Surge from outside Pittsburgh, Philadelphia

Unlike Thursday — in which Allegheny and Philadelphia counties brought about 44 percent of the new cases — two-thirds of diagnoses came from outside those two areas, with Allegheny reporting 180 new cases and Philadelphia reporting 182.

Between July 3 and July 8, 128,821 tests were administered, with 4,793 returning positive — a rate of just under 4 percent. According to a state Department of Health news release, about 175 of the cases reported Friday are the result of an influx from private test results and did not occur during testing Thursday.

The state’s addition of more than 1,000 cases is the highest number seen since May 9 as much of the country deals with surges of COVID-19, although mortality in the state is generally down. State officials again emphasized the urgency of following health guidelines. In a news release, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said Pennsylvania residents “must remain committed to protecting against COVID-19 by wearing a mask, practicing social distancing and avoiding large gatherings.”

“Pennsylvania has been a model for the country on how to reopen effectively using a careful, measured approach,” her statement read. “However, the virus has not gone away and we are seeing cases rise, especially in Southwest Pennsylvania.”