[Theoria]

[knarf]

That was helpful in that, it too says nothing or anything you want.

In the opening paragraph:

"Surveillance case definitions are not intended to be used by healthcare providers for making a clinical diagnosis or determining how to meet an individual patient’s health needs."

We are being SO hosed.

[jurroppi1]

So suspected, presumed, probable and confirmed, based upon one or several factors. Way too loose of a definition.

I think the poster wants to know what is being called a case in the news cycle reporting or statewide reporting.

It might be more accurate to speak of positivity rate, death rate and confirmed cases. Unfortunately all of the above have been confounded by junk data, so there are virtually no stats that are definitive within a reasonable level of certainty.