New data from the Department of Labor Thursday reveals more than 3.8 million people filed for unemployment bringing the six week total to 30 million.
New data from the Department of Labor Thursday reveals more than 3.8 million people filed for unemployment last week as new jobless claims eclipse 30 million in just six weeks.
According to the Labor Department, new filings for unemployment had reached 26 million last week with 4.4 million Americans making new claims the week prior. More than 5.2 million Americans had filed the week earlier,6.6 million had filed the previous week,6.9 million had filed the week before that, and 3.3 million people filed between March 15–21. Each week since the start of the pandemic stemming from the novel Wuhan coronavirus pandemic had shattered the previous record set for the most unemployment claims within a single week in 1982 with 695,000 new claims.
