CT Coronavirus Updates: Unemployment Claims Near 400,000

CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont issued an update on the processing of unemployment claims by the Connecticut Department of Labor.

As of Wednesday, the Connecticut Department of Labor has processed more than 320,000 of the 397,000 unemployment claims it has received since March 13.

Prior to a software improvement that was implemented last week, the processing time was about six weeks. With the new technology enhancements, that processing time has been reduced to about three weeks, and the agency is on target to reduce that time further to one week by the close of this week, the governor's office said.

Benefits will be retroactive to the date a person needed to apply. Anyone who is filing for benefits is strongly encouraged to select direct deposit since this is the quickest method to receive the benefits.

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