Statewide Iowa — Iowa Workforce Development reports another big week of unemployment claims.
There were more than 67-thousand first time unemployment claims filed from March 29th through April 4th. Those claims come after the governor ordered more businesses to close under the emergency coronavirus health order.
Health care and social assistance had the most new claims — with 96-hundred — followed by manufacturing at 92-hundred, the retail trades had eight-thousand, and food services and related industries seven thousand. The new claims go with nearly 93-thousand continuing unemployment claims for those who had already filed.
