HARRISBURG — In its latest response to the economic toll of the coronavirus crisis, Pennsylvania launched a program Sunday intended to provide 13 additional weeks of compensation to people who have exhausted their traditional unemployment benefits, the state’s Department of Labor & Industry announced in a press release. Citizens who collect unemployment are typically eligible for 26 weeks of benefits. Pennsylvania’s Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program essentially extends that time frame for those who qualify and remain out of work, according to the release. The amount a person receives in PEUC weekly benefits will be the same as what that individual took home during regular unemployment, a figure based on recent earnings. Pennsylvanians are eligible for the 13 weeks of PEUC compensation if they exhausted regular state or federal unemployment benefits after July 6, 2019, are able to work and are actively seeking work as possible during the pandemic. Pennsylvania has received more than 1.8 million unemployment claims since March 15. The Department of Labor & Industry has paid out more than $7.9 billion in unemployment benefits during that time frame, it said in Sunday’s release.