The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain increased by 76.2 thousand from a month earlier to 3.96 million in January of 2021, following a 36.8 thousand rise in December as tighter restrictions to contain the second wave of coronavirus infections continued to hurt the labour market. It is the highest number since April as unemployment went up in services (+78.1 thousand), agriculture (+3.3 thousand) and industry (+1.1 thousand) but it decreased in construction (-0.9 thousand). By region, the biggest increases were recorded in Anadalucia (+18.249 thousand), Cataluna (+10.470 thousand) and Valencian Community (+10.094 thousand).