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Jun 3, 2021 10:12 AM EDT
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SOUTH CAROLINA (WOLO) – The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says its reported the lowest number of initial unemployment insurance claims last week, since the pandemic began last year.
According to the department, during the week of May 23 – 29, there were 1,972 initial insurance claims for unemployment that were filed.
That’s a decrease of 89 initial claims filed from the previous week of May 16 – 22, where 2,061 claims were filed.
On their intrastate map showing initial unemployment insurance claims by counties, Greenville had the highest number of claims in the state with 221.
According to the department, since March 15, 2020, 898,778 total initial unemployment insurance claims have been filed in the Palmetto State.