I put this together today to see what it looks at the state level when comparing flu deaths to COVID 19 deaths. Flu deaths used are for the 2018 season from the CDC website. COVID 19 deaths are through today April 21 via Statista.com. 44 states have yet to have their COVID-19 deaths equal last years flu deaths, with most of them not even close to matching their flu deaths. Only six states have had their COVID-19 deaths exceed last years flu deaths, with NY and NJ being significant outliers among that group. I'm not offering any opinions on what you should do with this information. Decide for yourself what it means.