New Tennessee Unemployment Claims Continues To Rise

NASHVILLE, TN (WDEF) – The number of new unemployment claims in Tennessee rose again for a third week in a row with 25,843 filings for the week of July 4. 22,256 claimed the previous week. The number of continuous claims continues to drop with 256,645 compared to 262,224 the week before. These numbers are from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce.

Hamilton County saw an increase as it went from 972 new claims to 1,091. Shelby County saw the greatest amount of claims in Tennessee with 6,199. Davidson County had 3,014.

More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of a resurgent coronavirus. The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus cases has forced six states to reverse their move to reopen businesses. Those six – Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Texas – make up one-third of the U.S. economy. Fifteen other states have suspended their re-openings. Collectively, the pullback has stalled a tentative recovery in the job market and is likely triggering additional layoffs

with additional reporting from The Associated Press

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