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So far this one seems to not be a big deal at all. We are by all available information at least 3 months into this virus. So far, worldwide, there are only 190,357 confirmed cases, 7,524 deaths, and 81,006 recoveries, according to: COVID19INFO.LIVE, and these numbers were last updated 2020/3/17 12:30 P.M.

IN comparison, the following from CDC Oct. 2018 - May 2019:

Preliminary Estimates of Influenza Burden

CDC uses the cumulative rates of influenza-associated hospitalizations reported through FluSurv-NET and a mathematical model**** to estimate the number of persons who have been symptomatically ill with influenza who had a medical visit, were hospitalized, or died related to influenza. Using data available from October 1, 2018, to May 4, 2019, CDC estimates that influenza virus infection has caused 37.4 million–42.9 million symptomatic illnesses; 17.3 million–20.1 million medical visits; 531,000–647,000 hospitalizations; and 36,400–61,200 deaths in the United States.

Note: This has a lot of information, and while I didn't read it all I dud see where they tested for H1N1 flu in the 2018-2019 flu season. Here is a blurb that might interest you:

Public health laboratories tested 80,993 specimens during September 30, 2018–May 18, 2019; among these specimens, 42,303 (52.2%) were positive for influenza viruses, including 40,624 (96.0%) that were positive for influenza A and 1,679 (4.0%) for influenza B. Among the 38,995 seasonal influenza A viruses subtyped, 22,084 (56.6%) were influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, and 16,991 (43.6%) were influenza A(H3N2). Influenza B lineage information was available for 1,105 (65.8%) influenza B viruses; 406 (36.7%) of those were B/Yamagata lineage, and 699 (63.3%) were B/Victoria lineage. Whereas influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses accounted for the majority of circulating viruses nationwide from October 2018 to mid-February 2019, influenza A(H3N2) viruses were detected more frequently than were A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses beginning in late February nationally (Figure 1) and in all 10 U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) regions by the end of March 2019. For the season overall, influenza A(H3N2) viruses predominated in HHS Regions 4, 6, and 7, and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses predominated in the remaining seven regions.

Here are the 2019-2020 estimates from the CDC

Also why this coronavirus (CoVid-19 SARS2 CoVid-19) is not a flu is because the flu is of the influenza virus family. Corona is in the coronaviridae family. Many similar symptoms, but different infection vectors.

In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent which carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.

There are more than 200 cold viruses. Here are the most common cold viruses:

Rhinovirus - Cause 10-40% of colds
Coronavirus - Cause about 20% of colds
RSV and parainfluenza - Cause about 20% of colds

Note: There are more than 30 kinds of coronavirus, but only three or four affect people.

There are also a lot of viruses that doctors haven't identified. About 20%-30% of colds in adults are caused by these "unknown" bugs.

What remains unknown is if summer will make it dissipate:

Here is a study examining that