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Arizona, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas are the first states to disburse additional aid.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the unemployment numbers are also down in Louisiana, but new claims are still being made.

Guam's federally-funded unemployment aid programs are launched.

The $519 million in total benefits paid to 468,000 people easily eclipsed the prior week's $160 million in payments as the DES compensates the crush of applicants who have lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Korbulic announces new call center and software vendors contracted to alleviate the record-shattering number of claims.

The record peak in payments across the three states is comprised of traditional unemployment claims, expanded Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Insurance claims, and $600 stimulus stipends distributed as part of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program.

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