In order to investigate whether such a phenomenon is also present in mild convalescent COVID-19 patients, we quantified IL-6, sIL-6R and sgp130 via ELISA in serum samples from 49 healthy unexposed individuals (HD), 68 mild COVID-19 convalescents (MC) and 25 acute severe COVID-19 patients (ICU, Table 1). The gene discussed is IL6ST; the disease is COVID-19.