A SUNY college extends remote learning amid rise in COVID-19 cases

A SUNY college extends remote learning amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Only two chairs are placed at each table to maintain "social distancing" in a classroom at Baldwin High School, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Baldwin, N.Y.. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York college campus that had temporarily switched to online classes because of the coronavirus is extending it for another two weeks. The State University of New York at Cortland says remote learning will now be in effect through November 3 at the campus south of Syracuse, New York. The initial switch from in-person classes had been announced on Oct. 5. The state had set a threshold of 100 coronavirus cases as a trigger for remote learning for at least two weeks. SUNY Cortland hit that mark to necessitate the initial suspension, and had 166 new cases since Oct. 10, resulting in the need for the extension.

 

Photo: (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)