[DouglasKC]

You have to compare apples to app!es. Either compare case fatality rates OR compare deaths per population. Both are valuable information, but they measure different parameters.

What is the case fatality rate for influenza?

[exDemMom]

It’s variable, but the CFR for the 2018-2019 season was 0.096%, with a total of 34,157 deaths and 3.6 million cases.

The CFR of the covid-19 is comparable to that of the 1917-1919 influenza H1N1 pandemic. The actual number of deaths will end up being a result of many factors.