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Pandemic job losses continue amid restart

As Ohio businesses slowly resume a version of their normal operations, the number of unemployed workers continued to climb last week with more than 1.1 million now idled by the COVID-19 pandemic, which began seven weeks ago.

New unemployment claims still high, but declining

With many Ohio businesses scheduled to reopen in the next 12 days, the state reported another 92,920 initial jobless claims were filed last week as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak continues to rock the state’s economy.