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Fewer Lancaster Countians are getting laid off, signaling that COVID-19 s impact is weakening

Fewer Lancaster Countians laid off last week; jobless indicator drops 5th time in 6 weeks

The number of new layoffs in Lancaster County fell 17.5% last week, edging closer to the volume that was typical here before COVID-19 arrived in mid-March, a local indicator shows. New claims for unemployment benefits dropped to 344, according to preliminary figures released by the Lancaster County Workforce Development Board on Thursday, declining for the fifth time in the past six weeks. Prior to the pandemic, about 200 county residents were laid off a week, based on the number of new claims filed. A leading indicator of unemployment in Lancaster County dropped significantly closer to its … But that changed dramatically when the coronavirus appeared, leading Gov. Tom Wolf to issue stay-at-home orders and shutdowns of non-essential businesses. Those orders, in turn, triggered massive layoffs that pushed new claims to a peak of 15,700 in the first week of April.

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