by Calculated Risk on 12/07/2021 07:01:00 PM

Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

• At 10:00 AM, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for October from the BLS.

And on COVID:

COVID Metrics
	Today	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	60.1%	---	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	199.7	---	≥2321
New Cases per Day3🚩	117,179	80,266	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3🚩	51,742	46,659	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3🚩	1,117	807	≤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.