I would not be surprised at all.
Of all my family and friends, not one knows of anyone personally who had covid.
The fact that in any post mortem test, if a covid test comes up positive, they list the death as “covid related”, regardless of anything else.
I have heard stories of hospitals returning seniors to their hospice/senior-nursing homes, to which then spreeds to a large segment of its population.
I have heard stories of the same with done by mayors/governors doing the same.
So if someone died of a overdose and was tested positive post mortem, is that recorded as a covid related death? I think it is.
Yes, I do believe the numbers being reported in the media is exaggerated.
I do not know if the true numbers are that low.