Delay in publishing APP-Play store

Interesting your question, for me it is serving as an alert because I was not aware of this change.

After a quick search I found some news this week, which basically says that Google is with a new policy of at least 3 days* of review, and that this is only being reported because a game developer Published on his blog the problem.
^{*Google has updated the text in usa help page and now (09/13/2019) the text speaks in 7 days}

Now on the page of Play Console help , you have the following Note

_{em 13/09/2019 ↓}

Note: for some developer accounts, the detailed review of apps will take a little longer to better protect users. this may increase the analysis time to up to seven days (or more in exceptional cases). You will receive a notification in the dashboard of the app with the estimated duration of this process.

_{em 23/08/2019 ↓}

^{Note: for some developer accounts, the detailed review of apps will take a little longer to better protect users. You will receive a notification in the dashboard of the app with the estimated duration of this process. it is recommended to adjust the plan to include a minimum waiting period of three days between sending and publishing the app.}

_{em 21/08/2019 ↓}

^{Note: for certain developer accounts, we'll take more time to thoroughly review your app(s) to help better protect users. You'll receive a notification on your app's Dashboard about how long this should take. we recommend that you adjust your planning to include a buffer period of at least three days between submitting your app and going live.}

Now looking at their image it is noted that the measure of time they speak:

Você receberá uma notificação no Painel do app com 
 a duração estimada desse processo.

At the moment it is still it will take a little more time .

_{Link to some news in English [1][2]}

If the status is "draft" means that you have not yet submitted it for publication, there are still a few steps to go.