Apparently the right way to do it is to show Daily Total deaths (ALL deaths not just covid) per local region Vs daily historic total deaths of that region - so some kind of Excess Death indicator.

And that shows pandemic effect rising and falling, because many cases either don't reach a hospital, get misclassified etc

But getting a daily ticker of total deaths (all deaths not just covid) in most parts of the world gets shutdown quick by politicians of all stripes.