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3.8 million more workers seek US unemployment aid

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The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked widespread unemployment, but these companies are still hiring. WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S.

economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Roughly 30.3 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the six weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began forcing millions of employers to close their doors and slash their workforces.

That is more people than live in the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas combined, and it’s by far the worst string of layoffs on record.

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