The local number of COVID cases are holding steady.
There were 61 new cases of COVID for Butler County this week—a number that has held fairly steady now for the past four weeks.
There were also three additional deaths reported to the Department of Health this week, bringing the countywide death toll to 730.
Local hospitalizations went up slightly since last Monday. As of this morning, Butler Memorial Hospital was treating seven patients for COVID, with no one in the ICU.
Statewide hospitalizations also held steady at 413.
