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Coronavirus layoffs in the Philly region are hitting hotel, restaurant, and nonprofit workers hard: ‘It’s total annihilation’

Big employers in the Philadelphia region have announced more than 15 times as many layoffs so far this month than in all of March last year, a microcosm of the massive job losses that the coronavirus pandemic has visited upon the state and the nation.

A sign at the 8th Street ramp to westbound I-676 on Mar. 22, 2020 reflects Philadelphia's order that all residents stay in their homes except when engaging in life-sustaining activities because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A sign at the 8th Street ramp to westbound I-676 on Mar. 22, 2020 reflects Philadelphia's order that all residents stay in their homes except when engaging in life-sustaining activities because of the coronavirus pandemic.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer