INDIANAPOLIS — The number of Hoosiers filing first-time unemployment claims dropped last week to their lowest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The number of claims for the week ending July 11 was 17,938, the lowest since the week ending March 14, before the stay-at-home orders took effect.
The prior week's adjusted total was 28, 360.
With the exception of the week of June 27, the number of claims in Indiana remained in the 20,000s since early May before dropping last week.
In the 18 weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic began, about 910,000 Hoosiers have filed for unemployment.
