TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As unemployment surged during the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Florida processed its hundreds of thousands of new claims more slowly than any other state, according to federal data.

The state is already among the most inhospitable places to be unemployed, and the economic downturn has only added to the misery.

Now Florida finds itself frantically trying to catch up as it lags behind other large states and neighbors in the South. According to an Associated Press analysis of U.S.

Department of Labor data, nearly 7 of every 8 Floridians who managed to file claims during the three weeks from mid-March until early April were waiting to have them processed — the worst rate in the country.

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