CRP and influenza: While the laboratory abnormalities most commonly reported in the literature are lymphopenia, eosinopenia, monocytosis, and high CRP levels (20), eosinophil and monocyte counts were quite high in COVID-19 patients compared to influenza patients in our study, particularly those Threat of COVID-19 increased 10,708-fold when eosinophil count increased and 1,591-fold when monocyte count increased.