Bingo !
So I take it that I nailed down what you are looking for and I also assume you are making a similar point that I made (that it’s just confusion and there is no good standard definition of what a case is).
Honestly, I believe that IS the point - to make it so nebulous that no one person can make a cogent claim against the “data” since the goalposts are always moving.
My point would be that since the goalposts are always moving there is no reasonable method to determine what a case is unless a specific set of guidelines are issued as to what is considered a “case” and that said standards were universally applied (consistency) so everyone was on the same page.
I’d like to see a case be confirmed in a logical manner like a positive PCR result with a cycle threshold of no greater than 25Iand an positive antigen test (I believe Binax if I am recalling the name correctly has a 97% accuracy) along with meaningful clinical symptoms - not just sniffles and minor tiredness with no fever or other symptoms. Those types of people should be receiving early treatment with proper supplementation of HCQ/Zinc/D3/Vitamin C, ivermectin, budesonide, etc. or whatever cocktail of meds is shown to be effective without all of the bogus political hoopla.
There are so many people that have died unnecessarily due to orange man bad syndrome that it is simply criminal malpractice. The news media in almost all forms is just feeding hysteria and misinformation and calling any wisdom counter to their myopic worldview the same without proof.