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<p>Information on the number of people aged over 70 with no underlying health conditions
who have needed hospital or intensive care unit treatment as a result of COVID-19
is not held in the format requested.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS)
provides monthly data on deaths involving the COVID-19, by age and pre-existing health
conditions. These figures include deaths where COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19 was
mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. For age group 70 and over, 2,445 deaths
that occurred in March and April 2020 had no pre-existing health conditions. The ONS
defines a pre-existing condition as any condition that either preceded the disease
of interest (in this instance, COVID-19) in the sequence of events leading to death,
or was a contributory factor in the death, but was not part of the causal sequence.</p><p>
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