The use of the word 'case' is the most manipulated part of the media propaganda campaign.

It means at least 10 different things depending on the medical context and the intent of the writer, and the interpretation of the reader. If we could just eliminate the word 'case' from the common lexicon we would be orders of magnitudes ahead.

Right now, at least in the vernacular of the MSM, the word case = deaths, ICU admittance, acute care ward admittance, saw the local clinic because of illness & was sent home with medicine, went to a drive through test site & got diagnosed with the virus and no symptoms, went through a test site 6 more times because I'm really really scared, got contact traced from the restaurant you ate 3 weeks ago and determined to have no symptoms, got contact traced again by your university admissions, donated blood which was acquired by a study for random COVID antibody tests, volunteered for random antibody testing....etc etc

It is endless. The only thing that should matter is what is the anti-body percentage for COVID-19 in a randomized sample of a regional population, and how does that compare to regional COVID-19 deaths.