Contrast that with the US influenza data for 2017-18:
The overall burden of influenza for the 2017-2018 season was an
estimated 45 million influenza illnesses, 21 million
influenza-associated medical visits, 810,000 influenza-related
hospitalizations, and 61,000 influenza-associated deaths.
Death rate: 0.136%.
Coronavirus is a bfd.