"For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For
deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average,
there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death".
(click the blue "table 3" box)
If this upsets your scary narrative, complain to CDC.
That's one way to think of it. Another is that covid can kill you by itself. If you're older and have another "underlying condition", it can kill you even easier.
Or, I have a nail in my tire, but it's holding air. Covid comes by and rips the nail out, and now the tire goes flat.
Most reasonable folks would choose to NOT drive through the covid neighborhood with a nail in their tire.