Nevertheless, we observed that the plasma concentration of IL-26 displays a trend towards a positive correlation with the concentrations of dsDNA (p = 0.08) and cell-free nucleosomes (p = 0.12) in the COVID-19 group, and it seems feasible that statistical significance could have been reached if the study material had included a larger number of patients in the COVID-19 group. This evidence concerns the gene IL26 and COVID-19.