In the four months since the first novel coronavirus COVID-19 case was diagnosed in the US, it has taken the lives of nearly 104,000.<br />Business Insider compared causes of death in the US during the same period: February to May, 2020, over the past five years.<br />Heart disease and cancer are typically the two leading causes of death in the United States.<br />On average, each illness killed around 200,000 people between February and May in recent years.<br />Influenza and pneumonia typically cause around 21,000 deaths, around a fifth of the COVID-19 toll.
