By Alex Lang New York (Knewz) — A week ago, the nation instituted a new simper number for the national suicide hotline. It seems to have worked as there has been a massive spike in calls. There were about 30,000 more calls, texts and chats in the week since the hotline moved to a “988” number, according to a report in the Hill. The number used to be much longer. But it moved to a more 911-like number. The report noted that last week, the hotline received about 96,000 calls and texts. That is up from 66,000 the week before. The jump is also up about 66 percent compared to July last year. “We ar…