The University of Wyoming Law School will be shifting all of its classes to online instruction after six students tested positive for COVID-19, the university announced in a news release late Friday afternoon.
Through Friday, Sept. 25, all of the law school’s classes will take place online. All faculty and students will be required to work remotely whenever possible and to limit contact with people they live with in an effort to stall the spread of the virus.
The six new cases are among 32 new cases of COVID-19 announced among UW students and faculty since the university’s two-week pause on its fall reopening plan ended Tuesday.
While public health orders implemented by Gov. Mark Gordon earlier this year to stall the spread of COVID-19 remain in effect, the number of active cases across the state have begun to spike in recent weeks. On Friday, Wyoming hit its all-time high in active cases and achieved its highest-ever 14-day average for new cases.
