Moreover, the result of another study demonstrated that a majority of severe COVID-19 patients in ICU had persistently elevated levels of ESR and CRP, as well as high levels of IL-6, TNFα, IL-1β, IL-8, and IL2R, and experienced ARDS, hypercoagulation, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) [13]. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and COVID-19.