U-S joblessness climbs to 22M

The country is reporting 22 million unemployed.  A few thousand of them from the Upstate’s tri-counties of Oconee (1,194,) Anderson (3,185,) and Pickens (2,069) were added to the jobless rolls in just one week time. Of particular note are Greenville County’s 10,378 unemployed.  Since the pandemic started, the South Carolina DEW has processed 268,614 claims.  A total of $114 million has been paid in $600 CARES Act benefits and regular South Carolina unemployment insurance benefits Sunday-Tuesday of this week.