On hospital admission, median (IQR) values of plasmatic ferritin (394 [179-653] ng/mL), LDH (272 [224-380]) U/L), D-dimer (0.8 [0.3-1.5] μg/mL) and CRP (4.1 [0.7-10.6] mg/mL) were higher in COVID-19 patients compared to the normal range (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and COVID-19.