The unemployment figure in Puerto Rico because of coronavirus amounts to 238,934, according to information provided by the Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH) to the Department of Federal job.
Added to this number are the 90,000 people who have applied for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program (PUA) and who are waiting for the first disbursement of federal aid, included in the law. CARES.
This federal government initiative includes the unemployment benefit for self-employed, independent contractors and self-employed. The weekly PUA benefit is a maximum of $ 190 and a minimum of $ 66.
The more than 238,000 jobless claims in Puerto Rico are as of May 2.
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On the other hand, the agency Prensa Asociada reported today that the rate of unemployment of United States it reached 14.7% in April, the highest since Great Depression.
According to the AP, the figure comes after 20.5 million jobs disappear in the most serious monthly drop since statistics have been kept.
Likewise, the United States government report, released on Friday, warns that many people who lost their jobs in April but did not look for work are not even included in the rate, so the number of unemployed is higher than the official number.
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