very interesting graph from cdc - excess deaths

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm#data-tables

week of april 18 2020 - deaths were 33% above normal - at 80,000
instead of 60,000

back in Jan 2018 - deaths were 10% above normal - at 67,000 instead of 60,000

no other excess death peaks from Jan 2017 to 2020

weekly USA death toll has fluctuated from approx 55,000 to 60,000
during this period - with peaks in the winter (Jan and Feb)