Severe cases lag newly identified cases, especially in cluster-tracing countries like Japan. And ICU cases are cumulative for a few weeks, so even with the lowe

Severe cases lag newly identified cases, especially in cluster-tracing countries like Japan. And ICU cases are cumulative for a few weeks, so even with the lowest number of new cases, they still have to continue treat the past 2-3 weeks peak of cases. Mainstream media has been exceptionally poor at putting news of the pandemic in context, most reporting is very disjointed and confusing.