We also examined the kinetics of routine laboratory markers on day 5 of hospitalization, and the majority of our patients still had elevated CRP (109, IQR 54–138), procalcitonin (0.32 μg/L, IQR 0.19–0.89), AST (92 IU/L, IQR 38–132), ALT (80 IU/L, IQR 38–114) and LDH (400 IU/L, IQR 260–787), as well as lymphopenia (21%, IQR 14–25%) and decreased NLR (3.1, IQR 2.3–5.6). This evidence concerns the gene GPT and lymphopenia.