New Delhi (NVI): The coronavirus outbreak has thrown more than 16 million Americans out of work in just three weeks as the pandemic continues to spread across the country, according to US media reports.
The US Department of Labor in its report has said that more than 6.6 million people filed jobless claims in the week ending April 4.
More than 16 million people have made unemployment claims over the past three weeks, as restrictions on activities led most businesses to close. The restrictions to contain the virus have also put about 95 per cent of Americans on some form of lockdown.
As per reports in US media, the country has lost 10 per cent of the workforce in three weeks.
With over 16,000 deaths due to COVID-19 and the total number of cases surging past 4,50,000 in the United States, the pandemic situation has led to a large number of people filing first-time unemployment claims.
