As a point of comparison too about 690k Americans die of heart disease a year, or a rate of about 13k deaths from heart disease a week.

Currently the 'mild' omicron strain of the virus is killing more people per week than the number one killer of Americans (heart disease).

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

Usurping the top spot for causes of death in a week is not mild by any means.