UK unemployment jumped 50 000 to 1.35 million in the three months to March.
The period only includes one week of Britain's full lockdown - so is expected to rise much further in the next quarter's figures.
Separate figures show the number of people claiming unemployment benefit soared by 856 500 to over 2 million in April as coronavirus restrictions continued.
Business reporter Declan Curry says the statistics give a sense of what is to come.
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