CARSON CITY For the week ending Nov. 21, initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 8,121, up 871 claims, or 12.1 percent, compared to the previous week’s total of 7,243 claims, according to finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. Through the week ending Nov.
Through the week ending January 9, 2021, there have been a total of 803,738 initial claims filed since the week ending March 14, 2020, at the onset of the pandemic.
According to Nevada DETR, since the week ending March 14, 2020, the first week Nevada saw claims increase due the pandemic, there have been a total of 794,227 initial claims filed.