Notification count is at 2 even after clearing all notifications

IOS 18.5

I had 27 notifications this morning - I hit dismiss all and on the notification screen it says 0 - but then when it goes back to the watch face it still says 2.

Any chance you have 2 voice mails on your phone that haven't been listened to?

I actually had 15 voicemails that hadn't been listened to.  I cleared all 15 of them and now my count is at 0 on the watch face.  Does it look at some arbitary time in the past for voicemails?  I constantly get spam calls that go to voicemail so it's rare that I clear them all.

Honest answer, I don't know. several of peers tried to duplicate the issue and those who were successful all noted they had pending voice mails. I wanted to ask so that I could add the info to the support case. I will keep you updated