A little food for thought, as so many opine on COVID-19's lethality. (Preliminary weekly numbers from the CDC.)
Based upon preliminary numbers from the CDC, death rates in States hit by the coronavirus are far higher than those attributed to COVID-19, the disease it causes. Just going through the numbers and comparing the deaths in week 9 and week 14 (approximately first weeks in March and April), we see this:
Illinois:
Week 9, 2019 - 2103
Week 14, 2019 - 2122
Week 9, 2020 - 2207
Week 14, 2020 - 2523
In week 14, deaths are 19% higher than the year before.
Michigan
Week 9, 2019 - 2043
Week 14, 2019 - 1871
Week 9, 2020 - 1930
Week 14, 2020 - 2723
In week 14, deaths are 45% higher than the year before. There are an "extra" 852 deaths in just a week. Total COVID deaths reported in Michigan are 3567.
New Jersey
Week 9, 2019 - 1566
Week 14, 2019 - 1422
Week 9, 2020 - 1657
Week 14, 2020 - 3317
That's a week 14 increase of 233%, and an "extra" 1895 deaths. In one week. NJ is reporting a TOTAL of 6422 COVID deaths. They are clearly under-counting.
New York
Week 9, 2019 - 2022
Week 14, 2019 - 2010
Week 9, 2020 - 2100
Week 14, 2020 - 3472
A week 14 increases of 173% and 1462 "extra" deaths in New York, in just one week, though New York might be closest to accurate reporting, with a reported 17,638 COVID deaths.
The point here is that a lot more people are dying of COVID and COVID-related events (including lack of access to hospitals, refusal to go out of fear, etc.), primarily because people aren't being tested post-mortem, so only those tested before death are being counted. Eventually, we'll figure it all out, and the numbers will be staggering.
My conclusion? This is far from over, and it's not yet time to try to get back to normal.
UPDATE - I started digging through the numbers some more, this time looking at week 15 (weeks after that seem too incomplete to be useful). From that, I expect these States are seeing a spike, even if it's not front page news yet:
Colorado 2019 15 4/13/19 804
Colorado 2020 15 4/11/20 1,019
Differential - 27%
Maryland 2019 15 4/13/19 998
Maryland 2020 15 4/11/20 1,269
Differential - 27%
Massachusetts 2019 15 4/13/19 1,167
Massachusetts 2020 15 4/11/20 1,873
Differential - 60%
New Hampshire 2019 15 4/13/19 210
New Hampshire 2020 15 4/11/20 267
Differential - 27%
Pennsylvania 2019 15 4/13/19 2,701
Pennsylvania 2020 15 4/11/20 3,138
Differential - 16%
South Carolina 2019 15 4/13/19 925
South Carolina 2020 15 4/11/20 1,049
Differential - 13%
Wyoming 2019 15 4/13/19 70
Wyoming 2020 15 4/11/20 91
Differential - 29%