There was FAR more information there, including a running list of individual stakes, wards and branches open and closed in all the world, which was updated on a near daily basis. What you are referring to is the small bit of statistics there that the Church officially released last week during General Conference. The Church obviously doesn't want the unsuspected masses knowing this often times not faith promoting information.
Could it be that the church originally published lies there? The church legal department would then request that the lies be removed to protect the church from potential lawsuits.