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Unemployment claims climb to 719,000; COVID-19 pandemic still forces layoffs
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 61,000 last week to 719,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more businesses reopen, vaccines are increasingly administered and federal aid spreads through the economy.The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of claims increased from 684,000 the week before.
Though the pace of applications has dropped sharply since early this year, they remain high by historical standards: Before the pandemic flattened the economy a year ago, jobless claims typically ran below 220,000 a week.An unemployment application is seen in a box as City of Hialeah employees hand them out to people in front of the John F.
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COVID-19
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
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Cases: 9 215 683
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
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