Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - After the University at Buffalo saw 78 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the last 14 days, surveillance testing will begin Friday of students, faculty, and staff in hopes to stop any outbreaks on campus.
New York State Department of Health guidelines state all in-person learning will have to transition to remote if there are 100 cases at the campus within a two week period.
Although 74 cases come from those living off-campus, 40 of the 78 cases would count towards that limit of 100.
36 cases involve students involved in some in-person learning, two come from students living on campus, and two others are known to be employee cases.
23 students are currently in isolation/quarantine on school grounds.
In a statement released Thursday, UB officials say; "Fortunately, our on-campus population of students, faculty and staff has a low incidence of the virus thus far, with only two students and two employees with active cases. We know things can change very quickly, so we continue to urge all members of the campus community to follow our health guidelines at all times."
UB is one of many schools that are seeing an increase in positive cases. SUNY Fredonia's number of confirmed cases nearly doubled since Tuesday, going from 22 to 43 positive tests.
SUNY Oneonta has made the decision to end in-person learning for the remainder of the fall semester and send students home.
State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras directed SUNY Oneonta to begin transitioning all students to 100 percent remote learning off campus for the duration of the fall semester following an increase of COVID-19 cases, now at nearly 400.
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