diff --git a/src/ui/newsPanel.js b/src/ui/newsPanel.js
index b32d1d899..a63f77739 100644
--- a/src/ui/newsPanel.js
+++ b/src/ui/newsPanel.js
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ export function createNewsPanel({ container, setLayerParams = () => {} } = {}) {
     renderVue(h(NewsFeed, { view, onParams }), container);
     const hidden = !view;
     if (panel) set(panel, 'hidden', hidden);
-    if (count) set(count, 'textContent', String(view?.items.length ?? 0));
+    // The count is the shown section's: Local's list, else the feed.
+    const shown =
+      view?.filters?.section === 'local' ? view.inView?.items : view?.items;
+    if (count) set(count, 'textContent', String(shown?.length ?? 0));
     if (!hidden && panel && !appearedPanels.has(panel)) {
       appearedPanels.add(panel);
       // First appearance opens the panel unless a stored or shared collapse
diff --git a/src/ui/newsPanel.test.mjs b/src/ui/newsPanel.test.mjs
index 920e25c84..a3dd2196f 100644
--- a/src/ui/newsPanel.test.mjs
+++ b/src/ui/newsPanel.test.mjs
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ test('filters, the Local section and empty or failed reads', () => {
   assert.equal(panel.querySelector('[data-chip-id="ua-ru-war"]'), null);
   assert.equal(panel.querySelector('select[aria-label="Severity"]'), null);
   assert.equal(panel.querySelector('[aria-label="Latest news"]'), null);
+  assert.equal(document.getElementById('news-panel-count').textContent, '0');
+  news.update(
+    localView({ active: true, items: [feedCardView(report('near'), NOW)] }),
+  );
+  assert.equal(document.getElementById('news-panel-count').textContent, '1');
   news.update(localView({ active: true }));
   assert.match(
     panel.querySelector('[aria-label="Local"]').textContent,