The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked widespread unemployment, but these companies are still hiring. WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped by 5.25 million last week, as massive job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount.
That brings total claims over the four weeks ended April 11 to more than 21 million workers, a stunning sign of the colossal economic damage inflicted by the virus outbreak.
Before the pandemic, the largest number of Americans to seek jobless aid in a four-week stretch was 2.7 million in the fall of 1982. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected the number of initial claims for state