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Another 2.1 million people filed for unemployment benefits in the US as the coronavirus pandemic has been forcing people indoors.



A total of roughly 40.8 million have filed for unemployment since mid March.



Since March 14, several states have implemented policies that order people to stay home, closing restaurants and bars, hair salons, gyms, and all nonessential services. Websites in various states have been crashing as more and more newly jobless people are trying to apply for unemployment benefits. We’ve never had a complete shutdown of several parts of the economy before.

The below chart — which updates weekly — shows unemployment claims over time: