LARAMIE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming is planning to reopen to in-person classes and release on-campus students from shelter-in-place orders next week, as the coronavirus’s presence on campus appears to have tempered.

The number of active cases among students, both on and off campus, has fallen in recent days, and the school hasn’t confirmed a new case among students since Tuesday. Last week, UW President Ed Seidel paused the school’s phased reopening plan — through which first-time students returned for in-person classes last week and older students would begin in late September — after the university confirmed seven cases within a 24-hour period. The trigger point for the pause was five.

The stay was in effect until Wednesday afternoon, when Seidel announced he was extending it until Monday. Since the pause was announced, all in-person learning has been canceled and students in the dorms have been unable to leave save to socialize among their neighbors.

The extension was intended to give the university — and Seidel, who will make the final decision — time to study more data, especially coming after the holiday weekend. UW spokesman Chad Baldwin said earlier this week that there were promising signs — no widespread cluster or sprouting outbreak — and more concerning ones, like that community spread was becoming more common.

Still, the number of positive tests from campus is encouraging, officials said in a statement, and the school is “moving toward a resumption” of the reopening plan on Tuesday, after the current pause ends.