More than a dozen of those who died of coronavirus most recently did not have underlying health issues. Yesterday it was revealed a further 260 people had died from coronavirus in the UK, all between the ages of 33 and 100 years old, marking the country’s worst day yet.
But 13 of those who died had no underlying health issues, NHS England has said. Those who died that did not have pre-existing conditions were between the ages of 63 and 99 years of age, the organisation said in a statement yesterday.
The latest figures released show that 1,019 people have died from the virus since it started spreading in the UK. The announcement comes as NHS bosses said keeping coronavirus deaths in the UK below 20,000 would be "a good result".