Looks like someone encouraged the CDC to stick to the U07.1 code for counting deaths vs. also using the WHO's U07.2.
The numbers plastered all over the TV likely also have included the U07.2 coded deaths as the numbers are coming from WHO.
There's the discrepancy.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/coronavirus/Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf
The WHO has provided a second code, U07.2, for clinical or epidemiological diagnosis of COVID-19 where a laboratory confirmation is inconclusive or not available. Because laboratory test results are not typically reported on death certificates in the U.S., NCHS is not planning to implement U07.2 for mortality statistics.