For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned.

Someone at the CDC let the cat out of the bag (either accidentally or on purpose) on the true amount of COVID-19 deaths. Per their site, only 6% of all the 153,504 deaths recorded actually died from COVID-19, which totals 9,210 deaths. The link takes you to the CDC page.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm