MADISON (WKOW) -- Hundreds of thousands of people in Wisconsin filed for unemployment between March 22 and 28.
In total, 110,928 made their initial claims last week, according to numbers posted to theDepartment of Workforce Development's websiteThursday.
Over that same week a year earlier only 5,678 made filed initial claims. That is an increase of 1,954 percent.
US jobless claims made a similar increase. Over 6.6 million people filed for unemployment,according to data released by the federal government.
The numbers come as many industries shut down operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Current Week20202019
Regular Initial Claims
110,928
5,678
Regular Weekly Claims
99,560
40,083
PRIOR WEEK20202019
Regular Initial Claims
51,023
5,416
Regular Weekly Claims
43,598
42,319
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