Although the paucity of data regarding the clinical characteristics of AKI in patients with COVID-19, mechanisms underlying kidney involvement in COVID-19 and the impact on survival [38] seem to be related with a direct virus-mediated or cytokine storm-mediated injury, angiotensin II pathway activation, dysregulation of innate immune system and coagulation, all effects that interact with common, and known risk factors for AKI [39]. Here, AGT is linked to COVID-19.