Washington preparing for 1 million unemployment claims a week

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Since the Employment Security Department expanded eligibility for unemployment benefits and updated their system on April 18, nearly $900 million has been paid out to Washingtonians.

A record number of people applied for unemployment benefits Sunday, according to the state's Employment Security Department.

The one-day total topped the single-day record and eclipsed the week-long records set earlier this spring.

It brought the total in unemployment benefits paid out to Washingtonians to nearly $1.4 billion since the coronavirus outbreak began.

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