TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The state agency distributing unemployment benefits significantly increased the number of payments it has issued to jobless Floridians this week.

But the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity still faces a large backlog of unemployment benefit claims that must still be processed and paid, records posted on the agency’s website show.

Figures provided by DEO suggest the agency is currently receiving nearly twice as many applications per day than it can handle.

On April 20, the agency received 16,132 unique claims for benefits and processed 8,341 claims. On that same day, DEO issued payments to 54,716 claimants, a significant increase from the previous day's tally.

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