(Indianapolis, IN) - Unemployment claims in Indiana have more than skyrocketed.

According to state worforce development officials, more than 120,000 people filed for unemployment in the state last week.

That was an increase of more than six thousand percent.

Here in La Porte County, officials said there were more than

1,400 unemployment claims last week.

Officials said one out of every 20 Hoosier workers have lost

their jobs so far to coronavirus.