BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s unemployment rate swung from a record low to a record high in the span of a month, spurred by job losses from the coronavirus pandemic.
Idaho Department of Labor officials say April’s unemployment rate reached 11.5%. That’s a 9 point jump in the seasonally-adjusted number compared to the record low 2.5% rate recorded in March.
Nearly 103,000 Idaho residents were unemployed last month, according to the department, an 81,000 person increase.
A tally from Johns Hopkins University shows that there have been more than 2,600 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state so far.
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