State data added 12 new confirmed cases and one death to Butler County in its Wednesday’s report.

The report by the Pennsylvania Department of Health listed the county with a total of 735 confirmed cases since the pandemic began. The county's death toll also increased to 19.

One death was reported by Butler Health System Monday, but officials did not know if the patient was a permanent resident of the county.

In its report Wednesday, BHS did not report any new deaths, but Butler Memorial is treating three inpatients for COVID-19 symptoms, two of whom have tested positive for the virus. Clarion Hospital also has one inpatient suspected case of COVID-19.

Neither hospital is using the Intensive Care Unit for COVID-19 patients as of 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Also Wednesday, another regional hospital made advancement in the treatment of serious cases virus.

Findings reported Wednesday through the “Randomized Embedded Multifactorial Adaptive Platform-Community Acquired Pneumonia” (REMAP-CAP) trial showed corticosteroids improve the odds of a very sick COVID-19 patient to survive the illness.

Clinician-scientists at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine led the international research team, which pooled data from 121 hospitals in eight countries.

This is a breaking news report — read the full article in Thursday's Butler Eagle.Butler CountyConfirmed cases: 735Probable cases: 66Negative tests: 18,211Deaths: 19Butler Memorial HospitalInpatients: 3Suspected: 1Confirmed: 2ICU: 0Total tests: 17,517Outdoor tests: 6,194Positive tests: 309Clarion HospitalInpatients: 1Suspected: 1Confirmed: 0ICU: 0Total tests: 4,802Outdoor tests: 3,804Positive tests: 95PennsylvaniaNew cases: 816Total cases: 134,110New deaths: 21Total deaths: 7,712Recovered: 82 percentSurrounding CountiesAllegheny: 10,108 confirmed cases; 149,391 negative; and 316 deathsArmstrong: 321 confirmed; 5,448 negative; and 10 deathsBeaver: 1,583 confirmed; 16,936 negative; and 98 deathsClarion: 89 confirmed; 2,726 negative; and 3 deathsLawrence: 402 confirmed; 6,736 negative; and 18 deathsMercer: 483 confirmed; 10,035 negative; and 13 deathsVenango: 55 confirmed; 4,110 negative; and 1 deathWestmoreland: 1,776 confirmed; 37,682 negative; and 49 deaths.