Certainly true. There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
It would be interesting to know the age and health condition of most of the deaths. I would be curious to know how many would have been in as much danger or died had they contracted influenza. Unlikely we’ll ever know.
you'll find that info in studies and published discussions linked by FReepers on prior threads
Here is a huge repository on this disease so far:
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/-2019-ncov-new-coronavirus/-2019-ncov-studies-research-academia
Be discerning as some are from China and are not peer reviewed. Several have said China did not register childrens deaths, which could skew their numbers.