The number of California workers who have filed unemployment claims has fallen to the lowest level in two months but remained well above the levels that were typical prior to the onset of government-ordered business shutdowns amid the coronavirus outbreak.
An estimated 212,300 California workers filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits during the week that ended on May 23, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday.
The unemployment claims filed last week in California were less than the 244,400 that were filed during the week that ended on May 16 and represented the lowest level since the week that ended on March 21, when California workers filed 186,300 first-time claims for unemployment benefits.
During the week that ended on May 23, 2.12 million workers in the United States filed first-time unemployment claims, down 323,000 from the 2.45 million workers nationwide who filed claims during the week ending on May 16, the Labor Department reported.
