He was admitted on the 7 May 2020 to a COVID-19 respiratory ward and diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonitis (leucocytes 6.6 G/L, ref.: 3.7–9.5; CRP 76 mg/L, ref.: <5 mg/L; ferritin 2786 μg/L, ref.: 24–336 μg/L). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and COVID-19.