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State unemployment numbers released on Thursday show 52,203 more people filed for unemployment last week.
That’s down a little from the 54,710 claims in the week ending Apr. 25, but still historically high. Missouri reports 505,392 claims since the week ending Mar. 21.
State general revenue collections were down 54.3 percent in April ($725.2 million), compared to April 2019 ($1.59 billion).
More from The Associated Press:
Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by the viral outbreak deepened the worst U.S. economic catastrophe in decades. Roughly 33.5 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the seven weeks since the coronavirus began forcing millions of companies to close their doors and slash their workforces. That is the equivalent of one in five Americans who had been employed back in February, when the unemployment rate had reached a 50-year low of just 3.5%.
(This story was last updated at 11:36 a.m. Thursday.)
