Nether Fortresses Are Extremely Rare

In the 1.16 nether update release (and previously, its beta versions), nether fortresses are extremely rare. On average, /locate outputs a fortress that is 600-800 blocks away, often even farther. This is opposed to the fortress generation in 1.14 and every other version for that matter, where about 90% of the tests I have done resulted in a fortress within a few hundred blocks or less. Fortresses have been made extremely rare now, even rarer than bastions, which is absurd considering their not great loot and the fact that they are necessary for beating the game.