According to the latest data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce. There have been 1,152,364 new claims since March of last year. For the week ending April 24, claims went down from the week before from 13,291 to 8,702, a decrease of 3,589 from last week. Continued claims increased from 46,285 to 51,055, up 4,770 from last week. In Warren Co. there are 277 continued claims, down 25 from last week and 63 initial claims, down 3 from the previous week. White Co. has 165 continued claims, up 15 from last week and 4620 initial claims, down 26. Van Buren has 25 continued claims and 2 initial claims.