HealthDay Reports: Pandemic Has Left Nearly 43 Million Americans Without Work
The U.S. Labor Department reported 1.9 million more people filed new unemployment claims last week.
Pandemic Has Left Nearly 43 Million Americans Without Work
THURSDAY, June 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As the U.S. coronavirus case count eclipsed 1.8 million and the death toll passed 107,000 on Thursday, America's jobless rolls swelled to nearly 43 million. That's close to one-quarter of the country's work force.
The U.S. Labor Department reported 1.9 million more people filed new unemployment claims last week, a sobering reminder of the economic toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on Americans, CNN reported.
At the same time, fears of a spike in new infections were stoked by a new review that shows that crowded protests against police brutality have occurred in every one of the 25 U.S. communities with the highest concentrations of new COVID-19 cases.