I dont get why the local news doesnt specify how many people currently have the virus.

All I see on the news is when new cases pop up. It's like '89 confirmed cases of corona virus more details soon.' And then today I was listening to the radio news by chance and they said that 23 people of that 89 people have recovered completely and 52 people are at home well and waiting to find out if they've fully recovered.
So that means there's possibly only 14 people that actually have it??? Talk about the media trying to scare the public haha. Had to rant here where im anonymous and no one actually knows me in real life 😂 I don't get it.