​States reported that 793,000 U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Feb. 6, a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week’s upwardly revised level. The total number of workers continuing to claim unemployment benefits fell to 4.5 million. About 20 million people are receiving some

type of unemployment aid.First-time weekly unemployment claims have generally trended down in recent weeks, tracking a decline in COVID-19 cases since a holiday spike. Mea