1.48m more Americans file for unemployment as pandemic takes toll

Claims have fallen for 12 weeks in a row but remain historically high as about 47 million have filed for benefits in 14 weeks

Another 1.48 million people filed for unemployment insurance across the US last week, as the grim economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic continued and infection rates picked up in many states.

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This article was amended on 25 June 2020. An earlier version of the final paragraph referred to a probable increase of 3% when it meant three percentage points.