3,912 deaths involving COVID-19 occurred in England and Wales in March 2020. Of these, 86% (3,372) of deaths were “due to COVID-19”.

We use the term “due to COVID-19” when referring only to deaths with an underlying cause of death as COVID-19 http://ow.ly/lJS450zfG7d 

Of the deaths involving COVID-19 that occurred in March 2020, there was at least one pre-existing condition in 91% of cases http://ow.ly/k5J730qyfG9 
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Ischaemic heart disease was the most common main pre-existing condition found among deaths involving COVID-19 and was involved in 541 deaths (14% of all deaths involving COVID-19) http://ow.ly/yxBp30qyfH7  #COVID19 #coronavirus

COVID-19 was the third most frequent underlying cause of death for deaths occurring in March 2020 http://ow.ly/ISuq30qyfIp  #COVID19 #coronavirus

Men were more than twice as likely to die of COVID-19 than women http://ow.ly/Mave30qyfJ9  #COVID19 #coronavirus

Overall, one in five COVID-19 deaths were in the age group 80 to 84 years http://ow.ly/2MEa30qyfKr  #COVID19 #coronavirus