The numbers reported by the CDC for that season were originally 34000-65000. They used the lower boundary because unlike with this corona panic, they now do not count every death from a complication as a likely flu death. If they did that,
the number for that season would be 50000+. Also, 2018-2019 was considered a low season. This year's flu season is estimated
between 24-62 thousand deaths for example. And 2017
(with complications included) was 80000+. They are changing how they report the numbers to exaggerate the deadly nature of corona. Plus, the number of corona deaths is almost certainly an overestimation because they are assigning corona as the cause in many cases without credible evidence. Once the numbers for corona are adjusted to a reliable count, they will be lower.