<p>Despite more parts of the country beginning to slowly reopen following the widespread coronavirus outbreak, unemployment claims continue to skyrocket. In a recent report, over 2 million additional <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/a-new-record-breaking-number-of-6-6-million-people-file-for-unemployment-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-update/">unemployment</a> claims have been filed—bring the total to almost 40 million since March.</p>
<p>For almost 10 weeks, millions of Americans <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html">have filed</a> for unemployment benefits. Nationwide layoffs and furloughs continue to cripple the U.S. labor market, as many scramble to find ways to financially support themselves despite currently being out of work.</p>
<p>Another 2.4 million Americans filed for first-time employment benefits, according to the Department of Labor. This brings the current U.S. total to 38.6 million who have filed within the past three months. For a little mathematical breakdown, that translates to 23.7% of the March U.S. labor force.</p>
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<p>The Department of Labor also announced that more than 2.2 million people in 35 states within the last week have filed initial claims for the pandemic unemployment assistance program.</p>
<p>However, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development later clarified that just under 116,000 residents submitted first-time claims for the pandemic program last week, not the nearly 1.2 million listed on the federal agency&#8217;s press release, the error was due to an issue with the data entry.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, over 6 million Americans in 27 states have filed jobless claims under the pandemic program in the week ending May 2, a spike of more than 2.7 million in seven days. California had the highest number of residents who filed continued claims, with almost 1.8 million.</p>
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