>My understanding was that the 3.3M is covid deaths world wide.
"The COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths last year beyond 3.3 million, the nation’s highest annual death toll, the government reported Wednesday."
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-covid-death-toll-2020-20210331-5wjzxav3wbd5xdgh3kxkaoicsm-story.html