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1.4 million seek jobless aid as coronavirus keeps forcing layoffs

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WASHINGTON – More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S.

economy.The continuing wave of job cuts is occurring against the backdrop of a spike in virus cases that has led many states to halt plans to reopen businesses and has caused millions of consumers to delay any return to traveling, shopping and other normal economic activity.

Those trends have forced many businesses to cut jobs or at least delay hiring.The Labor Department's report Thursday marked the 19th straight week that more than 1 million people have applied for unemployment benefits.

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