July unemployment rate remains at 4.8%

Bright spark: Food delivery workers are seen in the Klang Valley. They are among the main contributors to the upside in the services sector.

PETALING JAYA: The number of unemployed increased slightly to 778,200 persons resulting in July’s unemployment rate remaining at 4.8%, according to the Department of Statistics.

The unemployment rate for the month remained at 4.8% as compared to the previous month while year-on-year, declined by 0.1 percentage point (July 2020: 4.7%).