The Pennsylvania Department of Health is placing more requirements on COVID-19 vaccine providers in an effort to make sure state residents are getting vaccinated quickly and efficiently.

Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam highlighted the requirements Friday while acknowledging that people are experiencing frustration in obtaining vaccinations.

Beam's order requires providers to administer 80% of their first doses of vaccine within seven days of receipt; follow all requirements and recommendations in the COVID-19 Interim Vaccination Plan; adhere to the current phase of Pennsylvania's vaccine rollout; provide the COVID-19 vaccine reminder card with a date for an appointment for the second dose; make every appropriate effort to ensure available appointments for second doses; and have an online and a phone-based registration system for appointment scheduling. Information on these systems must be made available to the department, so it can be posted online.

Beam's order includes a provision requiring providers to report vaccinations and information, including race and ethnicity of the recipient, to make sure minorities and underserved people receive vaccinations.

Within 24 hours of receipt of inventory or administration of a vaccine, providers must report the receipt of the shipment and the reduction in inventory as vaccines are administered.

In the county, 16,923 people have received one dose and 5,757 people have received both doses, according to the department.

A total of 1,523,510 doses have been administered statewide as of Feb. 11, and 175,175 first doses along with 143,275 second doses were allocated last week through Feb. 13.

Of the 2,439,550 doses allocated through Feb. 13, 1,167,402 first does have been administered from the allocation of 1,426,600 doses and 356,108 second doses have been administered from the allocation of 1,012,950 doses.

The department also reported two new deaths and 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the county.

The following numbers on the coronavirus pandemic were compiled from regular news releases from the state Department of Health and the Butler Health System.COVID-19 statistics from Friday are:<b>Butler County</b>Confirmed cases: 8,635Probable cases: 4,716Negative tests: 44,423Deaths: 352<b>Butler Memorial Hospital</b>Inpatients: 10Suspected: 0Confirmed: 10ICU: 2Total tests: 38,687Outdoor tests: 16,076Positive tests: 2,638<b>Clarion Hospital</b>Inpatients: 4Suspected: 1Confirmed: 3ICU: 0Total tests: 11,681Outdoor tests: 9,886Positive tests: 1,872<b>Pennsylvania</b>New cases: 3,987Total cases: 888,256New deaths: 99Total deaths: 22,959Recovered: 87%<b>Surrounding Counties</b>Allegheny: 57,277 confirmed cases; 346,990 negative; and 1,630 deathsArmstrong: 3,757 confirmed; 14,219 negative; and 115 deathsBeaver: 9,793 confirmed; 43,376 negative; and 336 deathsClarion: 1,694 confirmed; 7,564 negative; and 79 deathsLawrence: 4,384 confirmed; 17,326 negative; and 176 deathsMercer: 6,237 confirmed; 25,919 negative; and 235 deathsVenango: 2,622 confirmed; 10,062 negative; and 78 deathWestmoreland: 18,338 confirmed; 83,911 negative; and 646 deaths