According to the latest data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce. There have been 1,119,502 new claims since March of last year. For the week ending April 3, claims went up from the week before from 7,598 to 10,847, an increase of 3,249 from last week. Continued claims increased from 41,310 to 41,505, up almost 200 from last week. In Warren Co. there are 291 continued claims, up 9 from last week and 76 initial claims, down 1 from the previous week. White Co. has 135 continued claims, down 2 from last week and 39 initial claims, up 19. Van Buren has 20 continued claims and 9 initial claims.