Some Americans should start seeing their stimulus checks within three weeks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday.

That’s when the money will begin to appear in bank accounts of those whose account information is already on file, Mnuchin said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” The Internal Revenue Service already sends refunds via direct deposit to taxpayers who request it.

For others, Mnuchin said there will be an online system set up to “get the money immediately as opposed to checks in the mail.”

The checks were designed to help Americans with their finances as many businesses have closed temporarily and many workers have been told to stay at home in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus. More than 11,000 New Jerseyans have the virus and at least at least 140 people in the state have died from it.

The $2 trillion stimulus package signed into law by President Donald Trump on Friday included up to $1,200 checks for individuals and up to $2,400 for married couples, plus $500 per child.

The amount gradually phases out after $75,000 for singles and $150,000 for couples, and those with more than $99,000 ($198,000 for couples) do not get any money.

For New Jerseyans, more than 92 percent of individuals and 80 percent of couples will get payments.

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