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With delays in payments, jobless Floridians facing coronavirus pandemic are scared, frustrated
Read full article: With delays in payments, jobless Floridians facing coronavirus pandemic are scared, frustratedPLANTATION, Fla. – Judi Hamelburg, of North Miami Beach, is among the many jobless Floridians who are running out of cash during the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, has killed 987 people in Florida. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s latest data, more than 505,000 Floridians filed claims for unemployment insurance benefits last week. Florida Unemployment (Florida Unemployment)The data doesn’t reflect the reality in Miami-Dade County where many service workers are undocumented. As the delays in payments continue, the lines at free food distribution centers keep growing in South Florida.