page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: Supermarket shelves that stock sanitizer are empty due to panic-buying as the result of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. This was taken at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Winnipeg, Canada. Français&#160;: Les étagères des supermarchés qui stockent un désinfectant sont vides en raison de l'achat de panique à la suite de l'épidémie de coronavirus COVID-19. Cela a été pris dans un Shoppers Drug Mart à Winnipeg, Canada. العربية: أرفف السوبر ماركت التي تحتوي على معقم المخزون فارغة بسبب شراء الذعر نتيجة لتفشي فيروسات التاجية COVID-19. تم التقاط هذا في سوق المخدرات للمتسوقين في وينيبيغ ، كندا. Русский: Полки в супермаркетах, на которых находится дезинфицирующее средство, пустуют из-за панических покупок в результате вспышки коронавируса COVID-19. Это было сделано в магазине для покупателей в Виннипеге, Канада. Español: Los estantes de los supermercados que almacenan desinfectante están vacíos debido a la compra de pánico como resultado del brote de coronavirus COVID-19. Esto fue tomado en un Shoppers Drug Mart en Winnipeg, Canadá. हिन्दी: COVID-19 कोरोनावायरस के प्रकोप के परिणाम के रूप में घबराहट के कारण शेयर सैनिटाइज़र स्टॉक सेनिटाइज़र खाली हैं। यह विन्निपेग, कनाडा में एक शॉपर्स ड्रग मार्ट में लिया गया था।
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba is a viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. As of August 29, 2020, 129,409 tests have been conducted in the Canadian province of Manitoba, with 1151 confirmed cases of the disease, and 14 deaths.
context_section_description: The first three cases were reported on March 12. All of Winnipeg's cases were identified after March 12. In Manitoba's first case, the person had returned to Winnipeg from the Philippines, and self-isolated at home. Officials initially announced the first probable case that could not be linked to travel or contact with known patients on March 18, but the case was later determined to be a false positive. The province later confirmed on April 1 that they had seen evidence of community spread in Winnipeg.
  On April 2, officials announced that a worker at a personal care home in Gimli had tested positive, and that nine residents were showing symptoms of respiratory illness, but later confirmed on April 5 that the worker's case was a false positive.
  On March 20, there was an incident at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg that exposed numerous employees to the virus, including nurses, doctors, therapists, health care aides, and security guards. By April 3, approximately 100 employees had been required to isolate themselves. Following the event, four nurses at the HSC had tested positive for COVID-19, as well as health care workers at Saint Boniface Hospital and Grace Hospital in Winnipeg, a hospital in Selkirk, and a personal care home in the St. Vital area of Winnipeg.
  Manitoba reached 100 known cases on March 31, and 200 cases on April 5. The province reported its first death from COVID-19 on March 27. The first two recoveries were reported on March 29.
  On April 16, the province stated that about 56% of the 250 known cases were directly linked to travel.
  The number of daily new cases diminished through mid-April, and on April 17, the province announced that the number of known recoveries from COVID-19 had overtaken the number of known cases in Manitoba.
  In May, the number of new cases continued to decline, with 13 reported in the first 27 days of the month, and only 6 new cases reported after May 12. On May 23, the province announced that there were no COVID-19 patients remaining in the province's hospitals.
  In July, a spike of new cases began to emerge in Manitoba, centred primarily among communal Hutterite colonies.
  On July 28, the province reported its first death from the virus since May 5, two months earlier.
  On August 5, an employee of a Maple Leaf Foods facility in Brandon was reported to have tested positive for COVID-19. The next day, the province announced its second-largest increase in daily new cases since the pandemic began, with a cluster of 18 cases being connected to the facility, although transmission was reported to not be occurring within the facility itself. This cluster grew to 64 cases on August 8, which the province announced had developed into community spread within Brandon. By August 12, Manitoba's active case count surpassed 200 for the first time since the pandemic began.
caption: Shelves void of disinfectant and sanitizer in a Winnipeg supermarket.
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