> The current count is ~21,000 with the number of confirmed daily cases declining for 6 days straight Yes, but all of those 6 days are still higher than 7 & 8

> The current count is ~21,000 with the number of confirmed daily cases declining for 6 days straight Yes, but all of those 6 days are still higher than 7 & 8 days ago. In fact, all the days you picked are also higher than they were through March 15st-April 4th too - and several days between April 4th onwards as well. Today's new cases in Japan are many multiples higher than most days in March - but I do hope they continue their recent trend of decline. > So... not only wrong on the numbers themselves, but also on the scale, trajectory and impact on society. Maybe, but they did use the term "true count" which appears to mean: asymptomatic and those who have it but haven't/won't get tested. As the US has learned, once you start to ramp up testing the case count ramps up too. Looking at Japan's testing, they are testing more per day now than in March[0] but their total number of people tested is still not very high at almost 117k[1] - given they have ~125m population. [0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/full-list-covid-19-tests-per-day?country=Japan%2C%20tests%20performed https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/full-list-covid-19-tests-... [1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/full-list-total-tests-for-covid-19?time=2020-02-26..&country=JPN+Japan%2C%20tests%20performed https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/full-list-total-tests-for...