CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College is asking employees who have not yet returned to campus to keep working remotely until Oct. 4. Scott Bemis, chief human resources officer, says the previous plan was for workers to return at the start of September, but the college is adjusting its plans as COVID-19 cases increase regionally and nationally.

He said those employees who have already returned to campus  can continue to work on site. Bemis said the date is being pushed back a month “to help slow the increase in the density of people on campus, with the goal of interrupting COVID-19 transmission wherever possible.”