TRENTON - New Jersey's jobless applications fell to their lowest weekly level since the COVID-19 outbreak began in March, the state Labor Department said Thursday.
Applications last week dropped 41% compared with the week before, going down to 16,573, the department said. Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo said in a statement that the drop was encouraging, but "we're not out of the woods." MORE: 1.2 million seek jobless aid after $600 federal check endsNew Jersey's coronavirus rate of transmission crept up over the last week, rising to nearly 1.5, up from 0.87 last month, though this week it has fallen slightly.