Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Updates

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Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Updates

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Minnesota Department of Health

September 9, 2022

The Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Update is being sent to the following three MDH mailing lists to reduce duplication:

  • Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Updates
  • MN Immigrant and Refugee Health Announcements
  • The Center for Health Equity

Today's COVID-19 updates include:

Status of COVID-19 in Minnesota

Status of COVID-19 in Minnesota:

Updated September 8, 2022

  • Total positive including reinfections: 1,645,653
  • Total deaths: 13,153
  • Total cases requiring hospitalization: 71,168
  • Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 12,439

Numbers are cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020.

The number of lab-confirmed positive tests among Minnesota residents will be updated weekly on Situation Update for COVID-19 with data as of 4 a.m. on the Tuesday prior. The page also includes a map of counties with confirmed cases, and more.

This total reflects only the results from laboratory testing. There are more cases in Minnesota, and the virus is circulating in communities. It is important for everyone to follow advice on community mitigation and social distancing to prevent illness.

The Governor has launched a public dashboard which includes race data of cases: COVID-19 Data by Race/Ethnicity

Vaccine Data:

Updated September 6, 2022

  • People with at least one vaccine dose: 3,982,251
  • People with completed vaccine series: 3,753,461
  • People up to date with vaccine doses: 1,789,985

Vaccination Breakthrough Weekly Update:

Updated weekly, on Thursdays at 11 a.m.

All data is preliminary and may change as cases are investigated. Case and vaccine totals reflect only the results from laboratory testing and vaccinations that have been reported to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Data may not align exactly with the cases reported on other pages or dashboards due to differences in reporting lags and the frequency with which the data are updated.

What the vaccine breakthrough data do continue to show is vaccines provide protection against COVID-19, particularly against severe illness and hospitalization or death, and we are seeing this protection strengthened when people get a booster, especially for older adults. This means staying up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines, including a booster dose when eligible, is important.

For more information, visit the COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Weekly Update page.

 

New & Updated Materials

Governor's Office:

  • Governor Walz: Minnesota is Ready to Provide Updated Booster Shots

  • COVIDaware MN: The COVIDaware MN exposure notification system now allows users with a positive self-test result to anonymously notify other users of a potential COVID-19 exposure. COVIDaware MN is a free tool that works on smartphones. It alerts users if they may have been exposed to COVID-19. COVIDaware MN does not share any personal information. It is completely private and doesn't know who you are, or track where you go.

CDC:

Updated MDH Recommendations and Guidance

General:

  • Appointments for bivalent booster vaccines available at state-run Mall of America and Duluth vaccination sites: Appointments are now available for Minnesotans to receive an updated bivalent booster at state-run vaccination sites at the Mall of America (MOA) and Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC). Additional state sites will be opening in the coming days

  • Traveler's Health Network: Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on new traveler's health materials and resources and travel associated infectious disease information.

Webinars, Recordings and Videos

Minnesota Department of Health

  • September COVID Community Partner Call: MDH invites you to our September COVID Community Partners Call. Get COVID-19 updates and learn about the experiences of LGBTQ Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Minnesotans. ASL interpretation and CART Translation will be provided. 

    • COVID-19 Update – Speaker TBD

      Panel: Experiences of LGBTQ Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Minnesotans

      Facilitator – Clayton Bradbury, Communications Lead of MDH’s Center for Health Equity, Co-Lead of the COVID-19 Response Community Liaison team

      Panelists – Dennis Anderson, Board Chair of Minnesota POC Pride,

      Mubina Qureshi, Co-Executive Director of SEWA-AIFW, Luna Hernandez, TWIST Program Coordinator of The Aliveness Project
    • Wednesday, September 28, 2022
    • 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
    • Join the September COVID Community Partner Call

Upcoming Testing & Vaccination Events

COVID-19 Community Testing

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) works in partnership with communities to provide safe and free on-site COVID-19 testing in areas with outbreaks, increasing cases, or other barriers to access existing test sites.

Testing Events:

TAKS

  • Ethiopian New Year Celebration
    • Rapid test kits
    • Saturday, September 10, 2022
    • 1:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    • Phalen Recreation Center
    • 1000 Wheelock Parkway, Saint Paul
    • TAKS Testing Kits 9.10.pdf

COVID-19 Community Vaccines

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) works in partnership with communities to provide safe and free on-site COVID-19 vaccines.

Completing your primary vaccination series and getting a booster dose when due remains the most important way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines continue to be very good at preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Make sure you and your family are up to date on any COVID-19 vaccine doses you are recommended to get to have the best protection against COVID-19. 

  • How to get a free vaccine
    • Use the state's Vaccine Locator Map to find a vaccine provider near you
    • Check for vaccine appointments using Vaccine.gov (you can search for appointments by vaccine type: Pfizer vaccine, Moderna vaccine, Johnson & Johnson vaccine) 
    • Contact your primary health care provider or a local pharmacy.
    • Employers may also reach out with information for vaccination opportunities.

Vaccination Events:

CAPI

  • CAPI

YWCA

  • YWCA
    • Pfizer vaccine available
    • Saturday, September 10, 2022
    • 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
    • YWCA Midtown
    • 2121 E Lake St, Minneapolis
    • YWCA Vaccine Event 9.10.pdf

ACER

  • ACER Family Day
    • COVID-19 Vaccines and more community resources
    • Saturday, September 10, 2022
    • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
    • 10360 W River Rd, Minneapolis
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KFAI

  • Open Streets

HACER

IANA

AICS

Reminders

Discrimination helpline

Discrimination Helpline

Report Discrimination and Bias

COVID-19 does not discriminate based on race, where you come from, your immigration status, or anything else. 

If you have experienced or witnessed an incident of discrimination or bias call Minnesota's Discrimination Helpline at 1-833-454-0148 or submit this online form. The helpline is staffed by investigators from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Translation/interpretation services are available.

If you are the victim of a crime, including a hate crime, or fear for your safety, call 911 immediately.

Click here to get this information in multiple languages. 

MDH COVID-19 Public Hotline:

For questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, call 1-833-431-2053
Mon.-Fri.: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Mental Health Minnesota Helpline:

For free, confidential, anonymous support from a volunteer mental health professional.  Call toll free 1-833-HERE4MN (437-3466).

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