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Minnesota Department of Health
December 1, 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:
November 30, 2023
- Total positive including reinfections: 1,844,182
- Total deaths: 15,264
- Total cases requiring hospitalization: 90,368
- Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 15,023
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 November 22, 2023 (Updated monthly)
- People up to date with vaccine doses: 787,387
COVID-19 Update: Key Metrics and Reducing Risk of Severe Disease
Please join Metropolitan Center for Independent Living (MCIL) and Beth Gyllstrom, PhD, MPH (Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Response, Minnesota Department of Health) for a webinar: COVID-19 Update: Key Metrics and Reducing Risk of Severe Disease. It will be held Wednesday, December 6th. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information regarding joining the webinar. For additional information, please contact MDH@mcil-mn.org. We look forward to your attendance! The webinar is free.
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 for 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. The long-standing and systematic nature of the problems, with which this position is concerned, requires deep appreciation for American Indian health disparities, including the effects of settler colonialism on health outcomes.
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Application deadline: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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Healthy Brain Community Engagement and Communications Specialist (Job ID: 70456): This position will work closely with stakeholders including the MDH Healthy Brain Initiative program team and community partners to coordinate culturally responsive Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) awareness efforts. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing culturally responsive communications strategies related to ADRD, building relationships and managing contracts with community partners, diverse media vendors, and design contractors, and providing partners with technical assistance to implement awareness building strategies.
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Application deadline: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Healing the Healers
A special event for those in healing, helping, and caregiving roles.
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COVID-19 Community TestingCOVID-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.
- How Minnesotans can get a COVID-19 test
- 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 4 tests through the federal government's free at-home rapid COVID-19 testing program.
Testing Events:
SEWA-AIFW
- November 27 - December 14, 2023
- 12 – 5 p.m.
- SEWA – AIFW
- 6645 James Avenue North, Brooklyn Center
African Immigrants Community Services (AICS)
- Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Saliva - please do NOT eat, drink, or smoke 60 minutes prior to your test.
- Walk-ins for testing are accepted
- For assistance or question, please call 612-443-8806 or 612-443-8941
- 1433 East Franklin Avenue, Unit 13B, Minneapolis
To preregister: Go to shieldt3portal.pointnclick.com
- Click “Sign Up for Account”
- Input Agency Code: MDHCT
- Input all information, check “I Agree” to give consent, then click “Submit"
- Input registration code that was sent via text and email.
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
- Mondays - Thursdays: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m
- Saliva - Do not eat, drink, smoke 60 minutes before taking the test.
- Rapid tests are also available.
- Walk-ins for testing are accepted
- 1301 North 10th Avenue, Minneapolis
To preregister: Go to shieldt3portal.pointnclick.com
- Click “Sign Up for Account”
- Input Agency Code: MDHCT
- Input all information, check “I Agree” to give consent, then click “Submit"
- Input registration code that was sent via text and email.
- Proceed to check-in area once you arrive at PWCC
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:
To find a list of all upcoming COVID-19 Community Coordinator (CCC) vaccination clinics, please visit the CCC Vaccination Event Calendar.
Asian Media Access
- Community Vaccination Event
TAKS
- COVID-19 Vaccination Event
Chinese Community Center
- Community Wellness Clinic
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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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