IL6 and COVID-19: However, IL-6 was associated with Lymphocytes (r = 0.59, p<0.05); IL-10 was associated with Eosinophils (r = 0.60, p<0.05); and TNF-ɑ was associated with Basophils (r = 0.56, p<0.05), all in COVID-19 unexposed cases (Table 3).