Why do you believe any number they are giving you at this point? The death rate is 84%. Unless there has been a huge jump in the last week of new cases, say 10,000, you know the death number is bogus.....so why are we being told the truth on the number of total cases.
I think it is long past time to not take the reported numbers seriously.
I use a seventy percent (70%) death percentage in my internal calculations. It could be higher, and probably is, such as you have suggested at 84%. I am just being conservative.
However, infected persons do not show symptoms immediately and they to not die immediately upon becoming infected.
The death percentage follows the case count, but lags by anywhere from a few days to several weeks.
In my internal calculations, I have assumed a seventy percent (70%) death percentage will occur by sixty days from the date of infection.
If you do not take the lag into account, it appears that the death percentage is much lower than it actually is.