'Hit by a hurricane': 22m out of work in US as coronavirus takes heavy economic toll
by Dominic Rushe and Amanda Holpuch in New York from Economics | The Guardian on (#527NN)
- Labor department announces 5.24m people made claims last week
- Unprecedented layoffs have followed stay-at-home orders
More than 22 million American have lost their jobs in the last four weeks as the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the US, according to government figures.
The US labor department announced on Thursday that another 5.24 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, making a total of 22.2 million since 14 March when nationwide stay-at-home orders led to an unprecedented wave of layoffs across the country.
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