See inflation is a healthy thing which happens over the years and is calculated accordingly. But in 2020 due to the Pandemic , the coronavirus the price of certain things are rising. Not only that people don't have jobs and at the same time the market is going down therefore people are loosing investments. Therefore this is clearly a state of practical inflation.
Check the prices of gold . So I believe when we see news and at the articles stating facts about the inflation they usually take everything into account and you also have to consider country wise, some of them are having a lot of trouble adjusting since the production in their own country is exceptionally low and therefore they have to usually import but during the pandemic it's really hard and the prices are for sure higher.
Of course, the pandemic has affected the usual course of things, but we also need to take into account that the government, officials, and billionaires do not think about people, but think about their own benefits. If this summer energy prices fell and, at the expense of the state, all state storage facilities were filled with important energy resources, while there was a promise that prices for the people would not be raised, since purchases were cheap, but in fact, on the eve of winter, prices rise by several time.