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Minnesota Department of Health
November 17, 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 November 16, 2023
- Total positive including reinfections: 1,836,597
- Total deaths: 15,200
- Total cases requiring hospitalization: 89,646
- Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 14,922
Numbers are cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020.
Information on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths are 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.
Information about monitoring COVID-19 in wastewater can be found on the University of Minnesota's Wastewater SARS-CoV2 Surveillance Study website.
COVID-19 Vaccination Data - As of October 19, 2023 (Updated monthly)
- People up to date with vaccine doses: 265,553
COVID-19 Update: Key Metrics and Reducing Risk of Severe Disease
This Metropolitan Center for Independent Living (MCIL) hosted event will feature Beth Gyllstrom, PhD, MPH, who works within Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Response within the MN Department of Health.
- Wednesday, December 6, 2023
- 1 - 2 p.m.
- Register for the meeting at: Registration Link
- For additional information, please contact
Opportunities at the Minnesota Department of Health
Search for careers within the State of Minnesota using the Job ID or job title.
Make a difference in the lives of Minnesotans: Search open positions
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Director, Office of African American Health (Job ID: 70610): Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of the Health Equity Bureau, the Director for the Office of African American Health (OAAH) will lead the creation and implementation of a strategic plan for MDH to improve its capacity to advance African American Health through collaboration and variety of strategies. The long-standing and systematic nature of the problems, with which this position is concerned, requires deep understanding for African American health disparities, including the effects of historical and concurrent oppression on health outcomes.
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Application deadline: Monday, November 20, 2023
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Grants Manager, Office of American Indian Health (Job ID: 71123): Reporting to the Director for the Office of American Indian Health (OAIH), the grant manager will provide professional leadership and direction to the Office of American Indian Health’s grant management and communications. The position is responsible for the planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation of OAIH’s grant programs (including the Tribal Public Health Infrastructure Grant, Urban Health Equity Grant, Tribal Block Grants, opioid epidemic response grants and other grant programs as provided by the state legislature and other funding sources) related to planning core public health functions. This posting will be used to fill 2 openings.
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Application deadline: Monday, November 27, 2023
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Director, Office of American Indian Health (Job ID: 71419): Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of the Health Equity Bureau, the Director for the Office of American Indian Health (OAIH) will provide policy, operational, and administrative direction, management, and oversight to the Office of American Indian Health (OAIH) to create and implement a strategic plan for MDH to improve its capacity to advance American Indian Health without infringing upon tribal sovereignty. This position will work in partnership with Minnesota’s American Indian Tribes, MDH’s Tribal Liaison, and MDH division directors.
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Application deadline: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Leveraging the Strength of Community
The barrage of continually evolving information that was released during the COVID-19 pandemic constructed steep learning curves for community members, especially those whose first language was not English. Recognizing that communities vary in the way they understand and consume information, the COVID-19 Community Engagement and Diverse Media Grant Program was created to increase community understanding of and engagement around COVID-19. These grants allowed the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to co-create and share culturally appropriate health messages to help Minnesotans make informed decisions. This story highlights the works of one grantee, Kaleidoscope, and how they leveraged the strength of community to increase health literacy and recovery in the Hmong community.
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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 free community testing sites across Minnesota.
- Order a test through the state's free at-home rapid COVID-19 testing program.
- Order up to four COVID-19 tests through the federal government's free at-home rapid COVID-19 testing program
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.
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 vaccine
- Check for vaccine appointments using Vaccines.gov (you can search for appointments by vaccine type: Pfizer vaccine, Moderna vaccine, Novavax vaccine)
- Contact your primary health care provider or a local pharmacy.
- To locate a community vaccination event near you, call the MDH COVID-19 public hotline at 1-833-431-2053 Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, Thursday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Vaccination Events:
East African Integration Center
- Minneapolis Community COVID-19 Vaccination Event
- Mankato Community COVID-19 Vaccination Event
Chinese Community Center
- Community Wellness Clinic
- Wednesday, November 22, 2023
- 12 - 5 p.m.
- COVID-19 and flu vaccines available
- $100 incentive
- Asia Mall
- 12160 Technology Drive, Eden Prairie
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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 an online form on the Report Discrimination page. 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.
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MDH COVID-19 Public Hotline:
For questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, call 1-833-431-2053
Mon., Wed., & Fri.: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs.: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
To connect directly to a representative in American Sign Language, visit the Contact Us: COVID-19 Questions webpage.
Peer Support Connection MN Warmline (PSC):
Contact the PSC Warmline, available from 5 p.m. - 9 a.m., at 1-844-739-6369.
Visit the Peer Support Connection MN Warmline page for more information.
MDH Contact Information:
For questions regarding the information in this bulletin or the Cultural, Faith and Disabilities Communities (CFD) branch, please email health.equity@state.mn.us.
If you've been forwarded this email and would like to receive these updates directly, sign up here: Subscribe to Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Updates.
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