A conundrum in coronavirus statistics

I’d like to understand why the total numbers are said to say that more men than women die from coronavirus – when the situations seem to imply the opposite.  Specifically, more women than men are in nursing homes.  And, women outnumber men in nursing, a profession on the forefront of healthcare to patients.  I need to look up the numbers but there’s something puzzling here.

I do worry about equality of opportunity but this isn’t exactly an area where it matters.  In fact, it’s gruesome to even think about it.  Nonetheless I like to understand what is going on and the statistics I hear are puzzling.