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Covid is a common standard, short description of a corona virus of which there are many.

The common cold and the common flue are both corona viruses.

The number is a suffix tacked on to delineate the year it was first discovered.

Hence, COVID-19 was given this latest version.

Guess you didn't know about COVID-17?

Of course not, the media didn't turn that one into a propaganda show.