I'm hoping that, regardless of the absolute number, this method can give us a good handle on the relative number and let us know when infections are going up or

I'm hoping that, regardless of the absolute number, this method can give us a good handle on the relative number and let us know when infections are going up or down and by roughly how much. Right now the rate of new official infections has pretty much plateaued. My guess would be that actual infections are also plateaued but I can't rule out that just testing has plateaued.