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TSA screenings hit record low as fewer than 100,000 go through checkpoints in a single day

During the first week of April, the number of people passing through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints was just 5% of the amount going through airport security in the same period last year.

This data illustrates the decline of air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the first seven days of April, an average of 119,000 people were processed daily by TSA security. Last year, that figure was 2.3 million.

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