Increased plasma levels of IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8 in patients with COVID-19 also has a negative effect on the RBCs’ ultrastructure and induces signs of eryptosis, a form of suicidal death of RBCs, that exhibits an increased tendency of adhering to ECs as well as platelets, contributing to thrombosis [93]. This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and COVID-19.