Another 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week

Another 6.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, according to the US Department of Labor, as American workers continue to suffer from devastating job losses, furloughs and reduced hours during the coronavirus pandemic.

It was the second largest number of initial unemployment claims in history, since the Department of Labor started tracking the data in 1967.
Altogether, roughly 16.8 million American workers, making up about 10% of the US labor force, have sought aid in the form of jobless benefits in just the prior three weeks alone....