New unemployment claims spiked last week
Of those claims, 80 percent were related to COVID-19.
There were 10,986 new unemployment claims filed online or by phone last week, according to the Alabama Department of Labor.
Of those claims, 8,734 were related to COVID-19, representing 80 percent.
The number of new claims increased from 5,506 the previous week, of which 39 percent were COVID-19-related.
