Bitcoin does follow real world events, it just doesn't follow every single event, this only happens with the biggest events, like the recent stock market crash, when Bitcoin crashed simultaneously. And the price is organic, all the talk about whales and manipulators who tightly control the price is just a conspiracy theory.

As for your title - no, Bitcoin didn't benefit from the coronavirus, it caused a market crash and provided no benefits, for example Bitcoin didn't see an increase in merchant use.