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Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. Initial claims were 205 thousand last week.
• At 9:45 AM: Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for December.
And on COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 61.9% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 205.6 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 277,241 | 162,133 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3🚩 | 64,756 | 61,570 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 1,085 | 1,227 | ≤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. |
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This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of positive tests reported.
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