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New Jobless Claims Drop Below 4,000 for 1st Time Since Pandemic Gripped Oklahoma

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For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer than 4,000 Oklahomans filed new jobless claims last week.

For the week ending Oct. 31, 3,858 people filed initial claims, a 22% drop from the previous week.

First-time jobless claims in Oklahoma are still more than double what they were prior to the pandemic, but 21 states saw their number of new claims go up last week.

The number of Oklahomans receiving continuing unemployment benefits last week also dropped, declining a little more than 9,000 to 50,115.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.
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