oops, i was wrong
it was 6%
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/health_policy/covid19-comorbidity-expanded-12092020-508.pdf
I think people misunderstand just what these numbers mean and I think some have exploited this to give people the impression that covid isn't killing people, only the comorbidities are. The fact that comorbidities are so common doesn't mean that the covid didn't kill the person. If I had terminal cancer and someone shot me through the heart my death certificate might still say cancer even though obviously the bullet killed me. A lot of these comorbidities are things that probably wouldn't have killed the person or at least wouldn't have killed them for many years. Death certificates usually list all conditions a person has when they die, it isn't the doctor saying exactly what killed the person.
I have a heart condition, atrial fibrilation, but the heart doctor says it isn't something to worry about, puts no restrictions on my activities, and doesn't provide medication for it. But if I died with covid tomorrow people would say it wasn't covid because of the comorbidity even though the comorbidity shouldn't have killed me.
On top of that, some of the comorbidities are things caused by covid. So for example covid can cause pneumonia and on the death certificate both covid and pneumonia would be listed. Claiming that covid didn't kill the person the pneumonia must have would clearly be a flawed argument. Take a look at the list, it even mentions depressive episodes totaling about 1000 deaths. Am I supposed to think that the depression killed the person and not the covid?
But in the end what does it matter if only 6% of people are dying with only covid? Hospitals are still full, many more people are dying annually than non pandemic years, and it doesn't mean covid isn't a risk. It is still killing 1.6% of Americans who catch it and making about 5% (IIRC) of people who catch it serious ill. If the roller coaster operator told me that only 1 out of 100 riders died on the ride I wouldn't get on.