Unemployment claims in Illinois for the week ending March 21 increased ten-fold from the previous week as employers and employees continue to feel the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Initial unemployment claims in Illinois for the week ending March 21 were 133,763, up 122,893 from the 10,870 claims filed the previous week, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor and later updated by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
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