In a Malaysian cohort [6], chronic kidney disease, chronic pulmonary disease, fever, cough, diarrhea, breathlessness, tachypnoea, abnormal chest radiographs and high serum CRP (≥5 mg/dL) at the time of hospital admission were found as risk factors for severe disease using univariate and multivariate logistic regressions for 5,889 confirmed COVID-19 patients. Here, CRP is linked to chronic kidney disease.