I see about 2 million 800 thousand deaths a year in the USA.
I had an elderly Aunt, died at 80+, longtime smoker. Her cause was listed as ‘heart failure’. I think it was more her physical body was plum worn out. Had she caught Covid, no doubt it would be listed as the reason for passing.
We had 12,400+ deaths in 2009 in the USA from the ‘swine flu’. Yes, we may surpass that with Covid-19.