Those numbers are absolute proof they are accounting for the backlog. They want to issue around 20 - 22k visas for AF region over the year - about 2k per month. So - we are two months in, and they have released 13.5k case numbers (with each case representing around 2 people on average). So, if there were no gaps between the cases (there are) and the DS260 backlog didn't exist (it does), then they would only had to have made numbers up to about 3000 current. As it is they made 13.5k current, which is probably around 10k real cases, meaning 70/75% of DS260's were not received in time for October/November interviews.