Number, figure or digit itself is meaningless.  It is only with one's perspective that gives it a meaning. Too chim to understand the above ?  Now try this.  "A glass with water at 1/2 of its capacity".   If asking around, if not all, many will tell you the glass half-filled.  How many will tell you the glass is half-emptied ?  If nobody said half-emptied does that mean it is incorrect ?  Answer is no, both descriptions are valid, just describe the psychological behavior of how one's view certain thing only.  Now read carefully the description I mentioned about the glass and water, none of the word filled or emptied was mentioned as I know both perspectives are not wrong.  This is exactly the case of number, figure or digit itself is meaningless and only with one's perspective that gives it a meaning.  So what's to do with Covid-19 ? ...