OLYMPIA, Wash (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in Washington set a new record last week, with tens of thousands more people in the state filing new claims as non-essential businesses remain closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The latest numbers released by the state Employment Security Department showed that 182,000 new claims for unemployment benefits were filed with the state for the last week of March, a 41 percent increase over the previous week’s earlier record of 129,000 new claims.

The job losses come as the state is under a stay-at-home order that has closed non-essential businesses.