Apple - Mail showing incorrect number of flagged emails
• Quit Mail if it’s open.
• In ~/Library/Mail/V7/MailData
, delete any file that begins with “Envelope Index,” such as Envelope Index or Envelope Index-shm.
• Your home Library folder is hidden by default. To display it, choose Finder > “Go to Folder” and then enter “~/Library”
• Open Mail.
• Mail creates new Envelope Index files. This process may take a few minutes, depending on how many messages Mail is reindexing.
• It will fix your issue.