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Minnesota Department of Health
April 7, 2023
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 April 6, 2023
- Total positive including reinfections: 1,788,745
- Total deaths: 14,624
- Total cases requiring hospitalization: 84,234
- Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 14,208
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 April 6, 2023
- People with at least one vaccine dose: 4,011,207
- People with completed vaccine series: 3,786,665
- People up to date with vaccine doses: 1,399,095
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.
Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare Renewal
People enrolled in Medicaid (called Medical Assistance in Minnesota) or MinnesotaCare will soon need to renew their coverage in order to keep it. It’s important that you can be reached when it’s time to renew your health insurance. Don’t risk losing your health insurance and possible disruptions in seeing your doctor or filling a prescription. Make sure your contact information is up to date. Get more information from the Minnesota Department of Human Services and update your contact information at mn.gov/dhs/mycontactinfo.
Resources for Those Out of Work Due to Long COVID-19 or Other Injury or Illness
Minnesota RETAIN
MN RETAIN is a new grant-funded program that helps workers who are out of work due to an injury or illness get back on the job promptly and safely. This is accomplished by providing early intervention strategies for employees to stay at work or return to work as soon as it is medically appropriate.
Regional Health Equity Network Grant (MDH)
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) invites funding proposals from nonprofit community-based organizations, Tribal health departments, public health departments, and community health boards that will connect, strengthen, and amplify health equity efforts. Minnesota's public health partnerships can build on successes and address the clear inequities that have long existed and may have been more evident during the COVID-19 response. The purpose of this RFP is to strengthen regional and community partnerships that advance health equity. It is a component of the Regional Health Equity Network Project. The RFP will fund activities and projects that shift conditions that hold inequities in place and open pathways to advancing health equity. All funded projects must intentionally build relationships that are foundational for successful public health partnerships.
CDC Yield Giving Open Call
Yield Giving has announced an open call for community-based organizations to apply for $250 million in available support. Through this effort, Yield Giving will make unrestricted $1 million donations to 250 non-profit organizations whose purpose is to advance the voices and opportunities of individuals and families from underserved communities.
Organizations best suited to apply have enabled communities to achieve improvement in their well-being. This includes, for instance, organizations providing access to health care, stable and affordable housing, education and job training, support for sustained employment, asset ownership, civic engagement and other pathways. Organizations may also be engaged in data collection and communication to amplify the voices of people and communities struggling against inequities. Organizations must have an annual operating budget of at least $1 million and no more than $5 million for at least two of the last four fiscal years to be eligible to apply.
Grants Specialist (Job ID: 64206)
The Grants Specialist will help ensure that agency, state and federal policies and standards are upheld; grant funds are properly expended; and grant administration in ORHPC operates effectively and efficiently. The Grants Specialist contributes to directing resources toward addressing the needs of rural and underserved urban areas and strengthening the health care delivery system in Minnesota. The work of this position advances the MDH vision for health equity, where all communities are thriving, and all people have what they need to be healthy.
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Application Deadline: Thursday, April 13, 2023
Informatician - Data Exchange Hub Product Manager (Job ID: 64382)
This position serves as an Informatician for MDH, overseeing data infrastructure and conducting research, analytics, assessment, and evaluation of the technologies that comprise the system. The MDH Data Exchange Hub provides infrastructure to exchange data between MDH and external partners, as well as between MDH data systems.
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Application Deadline: Monday, April 17, 2023
Informatician - Data Lake Product Manager (Job ID: 64461)
This position, under the direction of the interoperability supervisor, serves as informatician for MDH overseeing data infrastructure and conducting research, analytics, assessment, and evaluation of the technologies that comprise the system. The MDH Data Lake provides a centralized, direct repository of structured and unstructured data at any scale to supply dashboards, visualizations, real-time analytics, cross-disciplinary data linkages, and machine learning. The position serves critical functions on the business side supporting MDH programs and their partners, as the steward and product manager of the MDH Data Lake.
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Application Deadline: Monday, April 17, 2023
International Health Planner (Job ID: 63788)
The International Health Planner Principal position will serve as the lead for much of the International Health work. This position will provide leadership, planning, project management and evaluation support to the Refugee and International Health Program related to grants and projects. The International Health Planner will plan and direct community engagement activities, outbreak response for immigrant and refugee communities, and research that will be of benefit to Minnesota’s diverse immigrant and refugee communities. This position will be contributing to immigrant health work for MDH in several additional areas, from developing and sustaining partnerships, collaborating with internal and external teams, and planning interventions and resource creation for community members. Grant coordination will be important as this position plans opportunities to fund community partners, creates contracts, and creates new opportunities. Creation of new partnerships and collaborations with key stakeholders will be critical. The planner will provide guidance and consultation on health equity to the division, as well as contributing to agency-wide health equity planning and implementation.
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Application Deadline: Monday, April 17, 2023
Equal Opportunity and Access Division Director (Job ID: 64281)
This position directs the Department of Human Services' efforts in supporting: equal
employment opportunity and affirmative action ("EEO/AA"); a workplace free of discrimination and harassment; workplace diversity and cultural responsiveness; and compliance with civil rights laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), and related federal and state laws requiring equitable access to both employment opportunities and human services assistance.
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Application Deadline: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Family Planning Special Projects Grant Manager (Job ID: 61472)
MCH is looking for a Principal Planner State to provide leadership, technical support, advanced professional interdisciplinary planning, project development and analytical work, and coordination with programs for the prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexual and reproductive health, and promotion of family planning, both external and internal to the Department of Health. It will act as a subject matter expert across the Division and agency for the family planning program, data and current best practice in the field. It will support the MCH Section's mission to provide statewide leadership and public health information essential for promoting, improving, and maintaining the health and well-being of women, children and families throughout Minnesota.
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Application Deadline: Thursday, April 27, 2023
Search for Careers Within the State of Minnesota using the ID above or job title.
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