Nearly twice as many men as women died from coronavirus last month, according to official data released by the Office for National Statistics, which showed seven per cent of all deaths were caused by the virus.
There had been anecdotal claims that there were more male victims than female across the country, but this analysis of England and Wales gives statistical value to this theory.
The ONS said the death rate in men from coronavirus was "significantly higher" than in women at 79.5 deaths per 100,000 people compared to 46.5 deaths per 100,000 people for women.
This represented nine per cent of all deaths for men and six per cent of all deaths for women. Overall, there were 3,912 deaths involving the coronavirus in March in England and