$290M in unemployment benefits deployed in Wisconsin as number of new claims reaches 442,000

The number of people who have filed for unemployed benefits in Wisconsin since the Covid-19 virus began impacting the state's economy has now surpassed 442,000. Over the past six weeks, including the week ending April 25, there have been 442,374 new unemployment insurance claims submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, or DWD, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Meanwhile, another 3.8 million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week, bringing the recent six-week…