According to the statistics on the population of Italy, in the first 3 months of this year, ie at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 168,698 people died, which would be an average of 1,884 deaths per day (if we count 90 days). The media assures us that this is an awful lot and that we can blame Corona for this HUGE number.
In 2019, 185,968 died in the same period, a daily average of 2,066 deaths.
In 2018, a total of 184,991 people died in the first quarter, which turns out to be 2055 daily.
And in 2017, 195,045 people died in the first three months. So, daily 2133.