Additional 2.4M Americans filed jobless claims; Nine-week total more than 38MMyClallamCounty.com

Posted By: Radio Pacific, Inc May 21, 2020 @ 4:37 am ABC Business

courtneyk/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News

(WASHINGTON) — An additional 2,438,000 Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.

This brings the nine-week jobless claims total since the coronavirus crisis took hold in the U.S. to over 38 million people.