The new coronavirus pandemic has triggered a wave of U.S. workers filing for state jobless benefits, with states across the nation receiving a sharp rise in applications as businesses shut down and out-of-work Americans hunt for a payment lifeline.

Ohio’s three-day total for jobless claims through Tuesday was 78,000, compared with about 3,000 for the same period last week. Connecticut filers have submitted more than 30,000 new claims since Monday, compared with just 2,500 all last week.

Michigan received about 5,400 initial claims on Monday compared with typical filings of between 1,300 and 1,600. And Kentucky processed more than 9,000 claims on Tuesday alone, though it normally receives 2,000 jobless claims a week.

Earlier this week, many state governments across the U.S. mandated businesses, such as bars and restaurants, temporarily close to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. This left a huge swath of workers, largely in the leisure-and-hospitality and retail industries, without work, and created an increase in demand for unemployment compensation.

The state-level figures signal U.S. jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, are slated for a potentially unprecedented rise in next Thursday’s Labor Department report on claims, after remaining historically low at the start of the coronavirus outbreak.