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Minnesota Department of Health
December 16, 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 15, 2022
- Total positive including reinfections: 1,725,293
- Total deaths: 13,834
- Total cases requiring hospitalization: 78,135
- Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 13,354
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 15, 2022
- People with at least one vaccine dose: 4,004,614
- People with completed vaccine series: 3,778,063
- People up to date with vaccine doses: 1,168,633
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.
CDC:
CDC recommends updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months of age and older: On Friday Dec. 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the use of the updated (bivalent) Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to include use in children 6 months of age and older.
- Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine:
- Children 6 months through 4 years of age who have received two doses of the original (monovalent) three-dose primary series of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and have not yet received the third dose of their primary series will now receive the updated (bivalent) Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as the third dose in their primary series.
- Children 6 months through 4 years of age who have already completed their three-dose primary series with the original (monovalent) Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will not be eligible for a booster dose of an updated bivalent vaccine at this time.
- With this authorization, the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is no longer authorized for use as the third dose of the three-dose primary series in children 6 months through 4 years of age.
- Moderna COVID-19 bivalent vaccine:
- Children age 6 months through 5 years are now eligible to receive a single booster of the updated (bivalent) Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at least two months after completing a primary series with the original (monovalent) Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
- For more information, visit the CDC's Clinical Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is seeking over 100 volunteers for EHDI Grant Review Process:
New COVID-19 Funding Opportunity: Request for Proposals for Grants with Community-based Organizations, Tribes and Diverse Media Vendors for COVID-19 Communications, Engagement, and Outreach:
- The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 and plans to make available approximately $7.3 million for multiple grant awards from approximately April 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024. The proposal submission deadline is January 18, 2023.
- The goal of this funding is to increase community understanding of and engagement around COVID-19 and community recovery among residents of Minnesota and the 11 Tribal Nations that share its geography. The primary audience(s) for community engagement and media messaging must include one or more of the following populations: African American, African immigrant, American Indian, Asian Pacific Islander, Hispanic and Latino/Latine, LGBTQ Minnesotans, and Minnesotans with disabilities
2023-24 Community Engagement and Diverse Media Request for Proposal Information Session: This information session aims to provide guidance to potential applicants of the Requests for Proposals for Grants with Community-based Organizations and Tribes and Diverse Media Vendors for COVID-19 Communications and Outreach. This RFP will ask applicants to propose a plan to aid the State in communicating with and engaging communities most impacted by inequities around COVID-19 messaging. The goal of this funding is to increase community understanding of and engagement around COVID-19 and community recovery among residents of Minnesota and the 11 Tribal Nations that share its geography.
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Equity Report (S2 E8) of the Equity News Network: The Equity News Network is the Nation's #1 LGBTQ+ newscast and is sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Health. This week's episode covers the City of Minneapolis hosting its 9th annual Trans Equity Summit, the legalization of gay marriage in Cuba, and asks the question of "just how do LGBTQ's live around the globe?" Watch this week's episode here: The Equity Report S2 E8
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