Virginia’s unemployment recovery from last week was the eighth worst in the county, which aligns with its poor position since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the financial website WalletHub.

When compared to every other state and the District of Columbia, Virginia’s unemployment recovery was 44th in the last recorded week. The commonwealth saw a rate 228.7% higher than it was in the same week in 2019. The commonwealth also ranked 40th in its unemployment recovery since the start of the pandemic. It saw about a 76.7% reduction in unemployment since the pandemic began.