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Minnesota Department of Health
December 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:
Updated December 8, 2022
- Total positive including reinfections: 1,719,549
- Total deaths: 13,773
- Total cases requiring hospitalization: 77,591
- Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 13,267
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, data by race/ethnicity, 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 take steps to protect themselves and others through vaccination, testing, staying home when sick, and more.
Updated December 8, 2022
- People with at least one vaccine dose: 4,003,084
- People with completed vaccine series: 3,763,339
- People up to date with vaccine doses: 1,103,626
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.
Governor's Office:
Ordering free at-home COVID-19 rapid tests web page translations
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Volunteer to Participate in the EHDI Grant Review Process:
The Center for Health Equity at MDH is seeking more than 100 volunteers (Reviewers, facilitators, and note-takers) to participate in the Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (EHDI) grant review process in January-March 2023. The community review process will support MDH in selecting the best applications for funding in response to the EHDI Request for Proposals, which was released on October 3, 2022. Please apply by December 30, 2022 using the online application form: EHDI Grant Review Process Participant Application
COVID-19 Consequences: The Future of Emergency Powers in Public Health: In response to the sudden emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, state and federal authorities took a range of steps to control infections and deaths, including declaring emergencies, instituting crisis standards of care, calling for masking, requiring vaccination or testing, and closing sites where individuals were congregating and at risk. This has prompted reactions from gratitude to anger, as well as legislation and litigation. Now, RSV and influenza are surging, especially in children. This webinar will bring together national experts to discuss the future of public health powers, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how to rebuild trust in public health institutions in communities across the country.
Facilitating and Celebrating Honest Conversations About COVID-19 and Other Health Topics in RIM Communities (Bilingual Spanish): The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants and IDEO.org have collaborated with Canal Alliance to develop Honest Conversations: a modular kit to build communication campaigns that amplify candid, health-related stories and concerns of people in RIM communities.This campaign playbook supports you in connecting your communities to health guidelines and resources in a timely, relevant, and compelling way, focusing on re-engaging people and rebuilding trust.
COVID-19 Stories:
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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.
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How Minnesotans can get a COVID-19 test
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Walk in or schedule an appointment for a test at one of the state's free testing sites across Minnesota.
- Order a test through the state's free at-home rapid COVID-19 testing program.
- Find a testing option near you through the state's Find Testing Locations map.
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.
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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:
Asian Media Access
- Pop Up Vaccination at Art of HEALING with Youth Entrepreneurship Activities
Igbo Women League of Minnesota
- COVID-19 vaccine clinic
- Saturday, December 10, 2022
- 4 - 8 p.m.
- Pfizer vaccine and bivalent boosters available
- At-home rapid COVID-19 tests available
- Brooklyn United Methodist Church
- 7200 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Center
- IWL Vaccination Event 12.10.jpg
Autism Society of Minnesota & Multicultural Autism Action Network
- Three COVID-19 and flu vaccine events for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Tuesday, December 13, 2022
- 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- St. Paul Primary Care Clinic
- 347 N. Smith Avenue, Garden View Suite 302, St. Paul
- To schedule an appointment, call 651-220-6700
- Thursday, December 15, 2022
- 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Partners in Pediatrics Maple Grove Primary Care Clinic
- 12720 Bass Lake Road, Maple Grove
- To schedule an appointment, call 763-559-2861
- Friday, December 16, 2022
- 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Partners in Pediatrics Brooklyn Park Primary Care Clinic
- 8500 Edinbrook Parkway, Brooklyn Park
- To schedule an appointment, call 763-425-1211
- Children's Minnesota AuSM and MAAN vaccine clinics flyer.pdf
TAKS
- Community COVID-19 vaccination event
- Thursday, December 15, 2022
- 2 - 6 p.m.
- Pfizer vaccines and bivalent boosters available
- $50 incentive
- 2601 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis
- TAKS Vaccination Event 12.15.pdf
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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.
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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.; Sat.: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
To connect directly to a representative in American Sign Language, follow this link.
Peer Support Connection MN Warmline (PSC):
Contact the PSC Warmline, available from 5 p.m. - 9 a.m., at 1-844-739-6369.
Click here for more information.
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