I find the “recovered” category nearly meaningless, because no one knows for sure what it means or if it means the same thing in all places. To me it bears little reference to “cases” because “cases” generally means (or is supposed to mean) “tested positive” but “tested positive” includes those that at the time of testing have no symptoms and may in fact never have symptoms. For such persons are they ever counted as “recovered” against the “case totals”. No. So “recovered” means what, and what specific number-category should it be compared to, in order to derive some meaning to it.
I is my belief that if someone only has mild symptoms, goes home and takes care of themselves THEY are by and large NOT being counted in the “recovered” category.
If so, “recovered” should only be reported for the condition of discharged from hospital as a Covid-19 case, and for no other reason, by which it could then have some meaning if compared against a number that represented JUST the “hospitalized”.
I doubt the official medical system reporting of the numbers is being done that way, which is why I have little respect for the “recovered” numbers. It’s any body’s guess what exactly they mean.
As the reality of a non-extinction event unfolds, interest is dropping faster than the number of daily infections.