The University of Colorado Boulder is switching to remote learning for at least two weeks, the university announced Monday morning, as COVID-19 cases surge on campus and drive a county and statewide uptick in the number of people contracting the virus.
Students will switch to online instruction beginning Wednesday, campus leaders announced.
The most up-to-date COVID-19 information Monday morning comes from Friday’s testing numbers on the university’s dashboard. As of Friday, 765 students had tested positive for the virus since classes started Aug. 24, with 68% of on-campus isolation space in use.
On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis said during a news conference that despite surging cases on the CU campus, sending tens of thousands of students in a COVID-19 hot zone scattering across the state and country was “very dangerous.”
Meanwhile, nearly 200 CU Boulder students living in the Darley North residence hall were informed late Thursday night that they would need to vacate their dorm rooms by Sunday to make way for more COVID-19 isolation space. Impacted students would either be moved somewhere else on campus — potentially moving in with a new roommate — or have the option to apply to go home and finish classes remotely.
Earlier in the week, county health officials urged all CU students to self-quarantine for two weeks to stem the rising infections tied to the campus.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
