{"id":6087,"date":"2020-04-25T08:22:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T12:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2020-04-25T08:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T12:22:45","slug":"update-from-sen-anwar-4-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/update-from-sen-anwar-4-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from Sen. Anwar 4\/24\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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As of today, Friday, April 24, a total of 23,921 cases of COVID-19 have been reported among Connecticut residents; that\u2019s up 821 from yesterday (and up 1,452 positive cases since just Wednesday). 1,877 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, which is 70 less hospitalizations than yesterday. As of today, 1,764 Connecticut residents have died of COVID-19, 125 more than yesterday and 220 more since Wednesday
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\nFor a town-by-town breakdown and other COVID-19 statistics, please visit:\u00a0https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n

More Than $230 Million In Benefits Issued By CT Department of Labor<\/strong>
\nThe Connecticut Department of Labor announced it has provided $83 million in benefits this past week and has processed 327,000 of a total 402,000 applications received since March 13, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact business closures. In total, the DOL has issued $230 million in unemployment benefits since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Much of the turnaround comes as the DOL upgraded some of its processes, with new automation programming allowing for the processing of more than 100,000 applications at an increased speed. This comes as the agency continued to receive thousands of applications per day in addition to more applications received in the last month than in two years. The agency is on target to reduce claim application time from six weeks to one week by April 27, with goals including further automation for more complex claims.<\/p>\n

The Department of Labor continues to complete programming, including developing new systems to accommodate the three federal stimulus programs for unemployment insurance, including Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to provide an additional $600 per week to weekly benefit payments, and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which provides benefits for self-employed individuals. Both of those programs are expected to begin in coming weeks. The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, meanwhile, a 13-week federal extension in addition to 26 weeks of state benefits, will be available in mid-May.<\/p>\n

The Department of Labor advises those who recently filed applications to look for emails from the Labor Department that will advise of next steps for filing weekly claims and to select direct deposit for receiving benefits to quicken the process of receiving payments.<\/p>\n

Employment Opportunities<\/strong>
\nWhile there have been a staggering number of layoffs, furloughs and job losses in recent weeks, the Hartford Courant\u00a0has compiled a list of job opportunities<\/a>\u00a0in our state. They include:<\/p>\n