Came here to to say exactly this. The number that OP is referring to in his article is just the new jobless claims. The actual number of unemployed people is more like 30 million (Source from 24.07.: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/07/24/30-million-are-unemployed-and-more-pain-is-on-the-way-here-are-8-numbers-that-sum-up-the-destruction-in-the-us-labor-market/).

Imho it makes more sense to look at the unemployment rate rather than total numbers. And the unemployment rate peaked in April at 14.7 % and is since then declining slowly but steadily (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate). It will be interesting to see the number for August.