Virus Drives Unemployment Claims Surge in Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa – Claims for unemployment benefits continued to surge last week in Iowa as more workers lost their jobs amid efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but the numbers came in lower than the previous record high.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported last Thursday that 46,356 people in Iowa filed for unemployment benefits in the week that ended April 11.
While high, the number was a drop from the record 67,334 people who filed in the week that ended April 4 and the 58,000 who filed the week before that.
Before the virus hit Iowa’s job market, jobless claims typically were around 2,200 a week. Iowa has now seen more than 128,800 unemployment claims in the last four weeks, the department said.
– Associated Press
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