All the patients who died of coronavirus with no underlying health conditions on Saturday March 28 were aged between 63 and 99 years old. More than 1,000 people have died from the deadly virus in the UK. A statement from the NHS said: “Patients were aged between 33 and 100 years old and all but 13 (aged between 63 and 99 years old) had underlying health conditions.”

An underlying health condition is a chronic illness which weakens the immune system.

A weakened immune system makes it more difficult for people to fight off any virus.

Coronavirus is thought to be particularly dangerous as most people do not show symptoms and so are spreading the disease without realising it.

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Last week a 36-year-old woman from London died from coronavirus without un underlying health conditions.

Another 21-year-old woman died last week after contracting COVID-19 and she is not believed to have had any other health condition.

Health professionals believe the virus acts like flu and affects some people, who are otherwise healthy, worse than others.

Dr Roger Henderson from online service Doctor 4 U said: “Underlying chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and lung disease can affect the immune system.

“This reduces the body’s ability to fight off infection or illness, so the symptoms and impact from infection can be worse.

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“Coronavirus can affect everyone. But those with chronic health problems are more at risk because they are typically older.

“Older patients seem particularly vulnerable to coronavirus, especially those over the age of 80.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that things in the country are set to get worse before they get better again.

Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England, has said that if the NHS can keep the number of deaths to under 20,000 it would be a good result for the UK.

“The number of deaths that arise out of this epidemic in the UK, if it’s less than 20,000 as Sir Patrick Vallance said, that would be a good result, although every death… is absolutely a tragedy.

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“But we shouldn’t be complacent about that, although that would be a good result, it will only happen if we stop the transmission of the virus.”

He added: “It is early at the moment and the scientists who are working with the government to model what we can expect are of course adjusting their predictions now as we start to see the actuality of the epidemic in the UK, rather than what we believed might have happened a few weeks ago.”

Although the UK Government has faced criticism about not testing enough people for the virus, Heath Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the country is on track to test 25,000 people a day.

As it stands, more than 30,000 people have died worldwide in the pandemic.

Spain and Italy are the two countries in Europe which have suffered the worst in the crisis.

In Spain, yesterday 838 people died in 24 hours due to the virus.

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