Here are numbers related to unemployment caused by the response to COVID-19.

673,400: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15, 2020.

477,300: The number of people paid.

99%: Percent of claims processed.

308,500: Number of claims received for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), the program for self-employed and gig workers who don’t qualify for regular unemployment.

104,900: The number of people paid PUA.

89,800: The number of people paid regular unemployment insurance.

54 minutes: The average wait time for Oregonians calling the department on Wednesday, unchanged from 54 minutes the prior week.

$8.5 billion: Benefits paid to Oregonians.

6.1%: The Oregon unemployment rate.