Analysis of age-standardised and age-specific mortality rates for COVID-19 were also higher during the same period than across pneumonia and influenzas five-year average. When considering a diseases mortality rate, there are also other things to consider such as the existence of a vaccine, how testing is carried out, the way deaths are counted and the age and pre-existing conditions of a patient (here). A total 4,291 people had died. By the time the WHO described the outbreak as a pandemic, there had been 118,000 cases of COVID-19  the disease caused by the virus  confirmed across 114 countries. Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated there were around 22,000 flu deaths in the 2019/20 flu season in the US (here).
CDC estimated there were 16,000 flu deaths in the 2019/20 flu season.
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