“The number of lightning caused claims fell 6.9 percent to 71,551 claims in 2020 from 76,860 in 2019”
“Facts + Statistics: Lightning | III
https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-lightning
In 2020 there were 17 direct lightning fatalities, compared with 20 in 2019, according to the National Weather Service. From 2010 to 2019 on average, 26 people died each year from lightning strikes in the United States.”
Wrong again, green breath.
There could be some difference between “direct lightning deaths” and “lightning deaths”, i.e. “indirect lightning deaths”.