by Calculated Risk on 2/17/2022 08:49:00 PM

Friday:
• At 10:00 AM ET, Existing Home Sales for January from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 6.12 million SAAR, down from 6.18 million.

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID Metrics
	Now	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	64.6%	---	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	214.5	---	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	121,664	213,625	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	80,185	107,772	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	2,020	2,363	≤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 deaths reported.

New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are now declining.