This Week in MMWR - Vol. 70, April 9, 2021

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Reports on COVID-19 among American Indian persons and more. 
April 9, 2021  

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Notes from the Field: COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Program — Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota, September–November 2020 

In response to increasing incidence of COVID-19 on the Spirit Lake reservation, CDC assisted the Spirit Lake Tribe in building a tribally managed program for comprehensive COVID-19 case investigations, contact tracing, and more.

Use of Real-Time PCR for Chlamydia psittaci Detection in Human Specimens During an Outbreak of Psittacosis — Georgia and Virginia, 2018
COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Among American Indian/Alaska Native and White Persons — Montana, March 13–November 30, 2020
Use of Stay-at-Home Orders and Mask Mandates to Control COVID-19 Transmission — Blackfeet Tribal Reservation, Montana, June–December 2020 
Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2020
Death Certificate–Based ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance — United States, January–December 2020
Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with a Local Bar Opening Event — Illinois, February 2021

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COVID-19 Stats

College and University COVID-19 Student Testing Protocols, by Mode of Instruction (N = 1,849) — United States, Spring 2021

QUICKSTATS

Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Had an Influenza Vaccination in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019 

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MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing Podcast: Week of March 29

The latest MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing is live.  This week’s episode covers six reports including reports highlighting the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, how COVID-19 impacted deaths in the U.S., and more. Listen and subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play.