About 4 in 10 Americans say they have lost income amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new poll has found.
In a Monmouth University survey released on Monday, 41 percent of Americans reported having lost income because of the coronavirus crisis due to a decrease in work hours or loss in business. This is up from 35 percent who said as much in March.
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