237,000 unemployment claims filed in Missouri since Mid-March

Another 91,000 Missourians are out of work – bringing the total to more than 237,000 unemployment claims being filed since mid-March. The Missouri Department of Labor is handling hundreds of thousands of unemployment claims. Director Anna Hui says to take the pressure off of customer service staff-most questions are answered online – (labor.mo.gov)

And Hui says online claims are successful:

During the past three weeks, more jobless claims have been filed in Missouri than all of 2019.