Men in some of the lowest skilled and worst paid jobs are more likely to die of coronavirus, as are care staff of both genders, research by the Office for National Statistics has found.
The ONS has looked at data involving more than 2,494 deaths from coronavirus of working age people aged from 20 to 64, reported up to April 20.
Researchers found security guards had one of the highest death rates with 45.7 deaths per 100,000, while taxi drivers and chauffeurs had a rate of 36.4 per 100,000.
Male bus and coach drivers were found to have a rate of 26.4 deaths per 100,000, chefs a rate of 35.9, and sales and retail assistants a rate of 19.8.