
Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a decrease to 200 thousand from 202 thousand last week.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics
Now
Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated
65.6%
—
≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)
218.0
—
≥2321
New Cases per Day3🚩
26,845
24,809
≤5,0002
Hospitalized3
10,505
12,729
≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3
533
642
≤502
1 Minimum to achieve “herd immunity” (estimated between 70% and 85%).
2my goals to stop daily posts,
37-day average for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths
🚩 Increasing 7-day average week-over-week for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths
✅ Goal met.
Click on graph for larger image.
This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.
Hospitalizations and deaths are declining.
Average daily deaths are the lowest since early August 2021.