POMC and COVID-19: These findings are consistent with those investigated by Marpaung FR et al. where they revealed a significant correlation between Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol in all SARS-COV2 infected patients within the survival group with p < 0:05 but not in the non- survived group.14 These results are like the findings of the study by Tan et al. where they determined that higher cortisol level was associated with the higher mortality rate of patients with COVID-19.