While none of the individual genes could appropriately distinguish COVID-19 patients from healthy controls or ICU-hospitalized patients from non-ICU-hospitalized one, combination of transcript levels of VDR, CYP27B and SNHG6, SNHG16, Linc00511 and Linc00346 could differentiate patients from controls with AUC = 0.76, sensitivity = 0.62 and specificity = 0.81. The gene discussed is LINC00511; the disease is COVID-19.