IL1B and lymphopenia: Recently an article describing SARS-CoV-2 mediated apoptosis through the p53 signaling pathway as a potential cause of lymphopenia has been published by Xiang et al. [33] A decrease in the number of lymphocytes shown to be caused by the production of IL-6 and IL-1b by SARS-CoV-2-infected macrophages and dendritic cells and, more important, by Fas/FasL-dependent apoptosis of lymphocytes, induced by the SARS-CoV-2 [11].