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Staatssicherheit 3 points ago +5 / -2

No, they grouped all of those together because they are usually respiratory deaths. Of the 54,217 deaths in that time frame, most are deaths from bacterial pneumonia, with the second being covid and the third being influenza.

In typical years, it's common to see 50,000 die of pneumonia and 5,000 die of influenza.

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Staatssicherheit 1 point ago +3 / -2

I haven't heard of a 100K number being reported anywhere? IMHE is showing 55,891 as of 4/27 and worldmeters is showing 63,856 as of 4/30.

39,748 died of bacterial pneumonia and influenza in 2016. 54,217 in 2017. It varies wildly from year to year. It looks like they are saying 42,000 have already died this year from pneumonia and influenza.