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Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Thursday: Unemployment Claims

by Calculated Risk on 4/06/2022 09:08:00 PM

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
 NowWeek
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated65.6%---≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)218.0---≥2321
New Cases per Day3🚩26,84524,809≤5,0002
Hospitalized310,50512,729≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3533642≤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.

COVID-19 Positive Tests per DayClick 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.