The average high for the flu is 650,000 fatalities a year.[0] COVID-19 has so far caused 540,000 fatalities,[1][2] and the year is far from over. Quick napkin math would suggest at least 1 million will have died from COVID-19 at year's end, globally.
That's far higher than all regular flu seasons, although nowhere near as bad as previous flu pandemics.
That's far higher than all regular flu seasons, although nowhere near as bad as previous flu pandemics.
[0] http://jogh.org/documents/issue201902/jogh-09-020421.pdf
[1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
[2] https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html