As America's COVID-19 death toll crossed the 100,000 mark yesterday, another 2 million Americans filed for unemployment in the 10th week since the novel coronavirus has upended life across the country.According to Reuters, a record 40.767 million people filed joblessness claims since Mar 21, when most states enacted stay-at-home mandates that shuttered non-essential businesses.But despite the partial reopening of all 50 states, the economy is slow to recover from the dramatic losses.
Unemployment claims have dropped the last 8 weeks—from hitting a record 6.867 million in late March—but have not fallen below 2 million since Mar 21.Today the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker noted 1,711,313 US cases and 101,129 fatalities, a total