Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 1/18/2021 4:54:05 PM The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a record number of Granite Staters applying for unemployment benefits. The most recent numbers provided by New Hampshire Employment Security for the week ending Jan. 9, showed 3,067 initial claims by residents applying for benefits, while the number of continued claims stood at 27,283 for the week ending Jan. 2. Under the the most recent stimulus bill, which totaled $900 billion, the unemployed sector will receive up to an additional $300 per week from unemployment benefits through March 14. Locally, among some of the bigger employers in the region, the current state of hiring, pool of potential candidates and what the future looks like on the employment front varies from sector to sector.