The US economy added a 379,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 6.2 percent, the Labor Department said on Friday, a better-than-expected result as the country recovers from Covid-19.

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Notable hiring gains were gains were seen in the leisure and hospitality sector, which had been badly hit by business restrictions during the pandemic but added 355,000 jobs in February, even as the government warned the pandemic continues to hit the labor market.