The COVID-19 pandemic

[Rainrider22]

I cant say how many people get the flu yearly, however, pre-covid,  approximately 55 000 people reportedly had Influenza, of which 6893 died in 2019.  In 2018, 8511 people died from it in Canada.

I believe 55,000 is the number of people who are actually diagnosed with the flu via a PCR test. While it is the same number we have been reporting for COVID, testing is obviously very different, the vast vast majority of people who get the flu do not get tested. I'm not certain we even have good numbers on the number of people who actually get the flu in a given year.

Yes,  the recorded number likely from tests... That is all I was advising. I agree the number is likely much higher.  Interesting though that as off March 2020, Stats Can stopped registering any numbers in relation to Influenza.