The US private sector created 428,000 new jobs in August, payroll services firm ADP said on COVID-19.

Events and entertainment workers gather in a protest to bring attention to their labor and unemployment on August 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

Large businesses with more than 1,000 employees made up more than half of the gains, and the bulk of the new jobs were in services firms, which were hard-hit by shutdowns to stop the virus's spread, while manufacturing added just 9,000.