USCIS UPDATES 2012 H-1B COUNT ON 10/14/2011: AT 43,300

USCIS just issued another H-1B cap update. As of October 14, 2011, they have received approximately 43,300 H-1B petitions subject to the regular cap of 65,000 plus 19,600 H-1B petitions subject to the master's degree cap of 20,000.
Within the last week of counting, USCIS has received about 2,500 petitions, which represents an uptick from previous months. Maybe the economy is slightly improving or maybe employers are rushing to file as long as there are numbers available but the quota will not last for long. Early next year is my guess on when the quota will be reached.