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David Robinson: Second wave of job cuts follows the second wave of Covid-19 buffalonews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from buffalonews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is causing a second wave of job losses across the Buffalo Niagara region. It is not nearly as severe as the catastrophic job losses that the region suffered during the first wave, when much of the economy shut down for weeks. But over the past three weeks â ever since the state imposed new "orange zone" limits on businesses across much of Erie County and "yellow zone" rules on parts of Niagara County â nearly 15,400 local workers have lost their jobs. That means the number of people losing their jobs during the second wave of the pandemic is almost double the already elevated pace of job losses during the lull in Covid-19 cases this summer and in early fall.