Coronavirus: Kentucky unemployment claims skyrocket

Unemployment claims continue to surge as the novel coronavirus outbreak kept businesses shuttered for another week. Unemployment claims in Kentucky rose to 112,726 during the week ending March 28, according to fresh numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor. That's more than double the number of claims last week, 49,023, and a vast leap from a year ago. The story was the same around the nation, as U.S. unemployment claims rose to 6.6 million — doubling last week's record of 3.3 million. The…