North Carolina has surpassed the 1.4 million mark for initial state and federal unemployment insurance claims, the N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Friday.
There were 7,030 claims filed Thursday. The seven-day range is 3,966 on Jan. 2 to 15,870 on Sunday.
The record daily high for the pandemic stands at 43,297 claims filed on Dec. 27 â the day after the PEUC and PUA programs expired. DES said in a Dec. 27 statement that the increase in claims filed after Dec. 26 does not indicate . new claimants entering the system.
Altogether, there have been 3.14 million state and federal UI claims during the pandemic. Some federal programs require filing additional state claims.
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New applications for unemployment assistance in Maine rose last week as an extra $300 in weekly payments kicked in from the latest federal coronavirus relief package.
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The steady recovery from job losses that occurred during the pandemic’s onset officially ended in December as the unemployment rate’s descent has stalled and job losses surpassed gains.
The monthly jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that the estimated unemployment rate remained at 6.7% in December and that the number of unemployed persons did not change 10.7 million. Both are approximately two-times higher than before the pandemic hit.