At 23:55 05 April 2020, Gregg Ballou wrote:
...Yearly flu has a higher body count...

Quick update: Some time in the next few days, US deaths from Covid-19 will
exceed 250,000. That's in about 9.5 months since the first death reported
in early February. At that run rate we're on track to hit well over 300,000
at the one-year mark.

--Bob K.