Similarly, HLA‐A*02:01 is significantly correlated with an increase of total deaths per million population caused by COVID‐19 (HLA‐A*02:01 vs. HLA‐A*24:02 or HLA‐A*11:01; median, 98 vs. 2.5; p = .003; Figure 1A, right panel). The gene discussed is HLA-A; the disease is COVID-19.