Updated 1:21 p.m. 

The University of Maryland has asked all students living in an on-campus residence hall to restrict their activities for 14 days, after the dorm reported 23 positive COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks.

The dorm, Denton Hall, currently houses more than 200 students. According to a statement from university officials, all students with positive cases have been moved into isolation, and an additional nine people who had close contact with positive cases have been placed in quarantine housing.

The remaining students are being asked to stay in their room as much as possible, and will have three meals delivered to them a day. They also have the option to leave the dorm and quarantine back home.

“Out of an abundance of caution, and in consultation with Prince George’s County Health Department, we have implemented enhanced health precautions for Denton Hall,” reads a statement from university officials.

The restrictions come less than a week after the university began limited face-to-face instruction on Sept. 14. Students were initially slated to return to the classroom on Aug. 31, but officials decided to delay in-person instruction in early August due to the ongoing pandemic in surrounding Prince George’s County.

The recent cluster in Denton Hall is not the university’s first outbreak since welcoming students back onto the campus in late August. Earlier this month, two Greek life houses quarantined after at least four residents tested positive, and 19 students were suspended for failing to follow coronavirus restrictions. Those suspensions are pending further review. The university also suspended all athletic training after cases spiked amongst student-athletes. Forty-six cases were identified across 10 different teams.

Schools across the region have faced similar outbreaks since bringing students back to campus. James Madison University sent its students home on Sept. 1 — only one week into classes — after the university reported more than 500 COVID-19 cases. On Sept. 17, University of Virginia instituted its first dorm-wide quarantine after identifying 15 positive cases in one residence hall. In D.C., a George Washington University off-campus fraternity house closed to visitors after several members tested positive earlier this week.

According to the university’s COVID-19 dashboard, 143 positive cases have been identified amongst both students and staff over the past 14 days, and 181 students or faculty with “close contact” to campus self-reported positive cases.

Despite the rising COVID-19 numbers, the school’s football team is slated to start its 2020 season the weekend of Oct. 23, following a decision form the Big Ten athletic conference earlier this week.

This post was updated with statements from a University of Maryland spokesperson.