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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

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