Gevik Karpians - Department of Biochemistry, Medical Laboratory, Tehran, Iran
Vahhab Piranfar - Research and Development Department, Farname Inc, Thornhill, Canada
Mina Karami - Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Laboratory, Tehran, Iran

To update data published in the article “Leukocytes Parameters, CRP, and Ferritin in Iranian Patients with COVID-۱۹ Infection; A Cross-sectional Study” in Iran J Med Microbiol ۲۰۲۱, ۱۵(۳): ۳۶۱-۳۶۸, we analyzed the IL-۶ parameter in the aforementioned article’s statistical population. The analyzed results showed that IL-۶ parameter had increased more in men and women infected by SARS-CoV-۲ (۷۶.۷% and ۸۷.۳%, respectively) compared with normal people (up to ۵.۹ pg/mL).

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Interlukin-۶, Cytokine release syndrome, inflammatory cytokines