Even for FWS-Outland, there are more applications approved from July/August than from February. My guess is that they skipped most of the December to March applications. They are now processing the ones that they have hope to complete in about 6 months.
If this is true, its absolutely ridiculous on IRCCs part to keep Jan - March applicants in Limbo. They can achieve numbers either way by approving those applicants. I don't get their calculation.