USCIS UPDATES 2012 H-1B COUNT ON 10/7/2011: AT 41,000

USCIS just issued another H-1B cap update. As of October 7, 2011, they have received approximately 41,000 H-1B petitions towards the 65,000 annual cap. They have also received approximately 19,100 H-1B petitions towards the Master’s Exemption of 20,000.
The master's degree quota will probably be exhausted in a week.
The regular quota is increasing at a higher rate of about 2,000 per week now, once the master's degree quota is exhausted, the regular cap will move faster.