Over 1.5 million unemployment claims have been submitted in Florida since mid-March, while just 40,193 residents have received the benefits, according to a new website that launched this week tracking the state’s unemployment funds.

According to the site, there were 652,191 unique claims submitted throughout the state, and there have been 162,039 processed. The site notes that state residents may have submitted an application through multiple methods, and the total number of claims could include “duplicate or triplicate claim counts.”

Of the total claims processed, approximately 41,573, or 1 in 4, were found ineligible for unemployment assistance, the Miami Herald reported. The outlet noted that of the nearly $60 million that has been paid to Floridians, the state has been slow to distribute the $600-per-week federal unemployment benefits.

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Of the $60 million, $14.3 million is from federal funds, according to the newspaper.

Since an increasing number of residents across the state began filing for unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic last month, the Miami Herald reported that state officials were quiet about how many claims were filed and how many residents had received help. The system has reportedly struggled to keep up with the volume of users and benefits filed through the site.

Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantisNames to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court Key swing-state election lawsuits could help shape the presidential race First death reported from Hurricane Sally in Alabama MORE (R) said his administration had not yet given him some unemployment figures, according to the Miami Herald.

He also placed Florida Department of Management Services Secretary Jonathan Satter in charge of overseeing the state’s unemployment system.

Satter said his first goal is to ensure that Floridians “get paid, quickly.”

“This will start with complete transparency, efficiently streamlining the reemployment assistance process, waiving all red tape and ensuring hurting Florida families have the aid they need to get through COVID-19,” he said, the outlet reported.

Across the country, another 5.2 million people filed initial unemployment claims for the week ending on April 11, according to the Department of Labor. As of the numbers reported last week, more than 22 million people had filed for initial benefits in the span of just four weeks, accounting for approximately one of every seven workers in the economy amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.