584,000 people are now on the special covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment.
50,000 of those people will get their first payment tomorrow.
These numbers are in addition to the 212,000 people on the Live Register.
Meanwhile, more than 46,000 employers have now registered for the Temporary Covid-19 Wage Subsidy scheme.
It means that more than one million people are now in receipt of some sort of state income support.
Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, said that this is "a situation unparalleled in our nation’s history."
The Minister says "Many sectors of the economy will be able to switch back on relatively quickly once the danger has passed."
Although Regina Doherty has also admitted that "some sectors will be slower than others to recover and we will also have a challenge with youth employment"
