You have to remember that any covering that happened on September 28 or after is not counted.
Why? Because trades don't settle until 3 days later.
Covering that happened on September 28 settled on October 01.
Shorts still in are playing with fire at this point. They shorted over $6 and with the stock trading under break up value (with little debt, which is key) they should be covering.
Any short covering today will not be on the next report either.