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Hospital, statewide COVID cases jump

Butler Memorial Hospital reported seven deaths related to COVID-19 in four days.

There was one death reported Dec. 31, two deaths reported Jan. 1, one death reported Jan. 2 and three deaths reported Jan. 3. The hospital also is treating 34 inpatients confirmed with COVID-19, eight of them in the intensive care unit as of Monday.

Meanwhile, Clarion Hospital has four COVID-19 inpatients, none in the ICU.

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