The increase in blood concentrations of different cytokines such as interleukins and chemokines such as IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-2, IP-10, MCP-1, CCL3, CCL4, and CCL5 has been described for COVID-19 patients (4). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and COVID-19.