According to the latest data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce. There have been 1,188,536 new claims since March of last year. For the week ending May 29, claims went up from the week before from 6,006 to 6,695, a increase of 689 from last week. Continued claims decreased from 50,443 to 49,280, down 1,163 from last week. In Warren Co. there are 302 continued claims, down 37 from last week and 36 initial claims, up 3 from the previous week. White Co. has 143 continued claims, down 6 from last week and 28 initial claims, down 8. Van Buren has 27 continued claims and 5 initial claims.