According to the latest data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce. There have been 1,175,835 new claims since March of last year. For the week ending May 15, claims went down from the week before from 8,194 to 7,405, a decrease of 789 from last week. Continued claims increased from 50,376 to 50,901, up 525 from last week. In Warren Co. there are 333 continued claims, up 18 from last week and 56 initial claims, down 3 from the previous week. White Co. has 150 continued claims, down 10 from last week and 28 initial claims, up 8. Van Buren has 31 continued claims and 4 initial claims.