Many Arizonans and people across the U.S. are still waiting for unemployment checks. With rent due today, many are stressing as the pandemic continues.
National jobless claims, which totaled more than 26 million in the last five weeks, peaked two weeks ago at just under 7 million claims before dipping.
Roughly 22 million filed for unemployment benefits in the past month — easily the worst U.S. job losses. But only 12 million people are getting the checks.
Todos estamos viviendo momentos de temor al enfrentar el COVID-19. Sin embargo, para aquellos que no hablan inglés, la ansiedad es aún más grande porque no logran entender a fondo la poca información que hay disponible.
The latest report from the Labor Department released Thursday shows the figure for last week is much higher than the previous record of 3.3 million reported for the previous week.
