Figure 5

Immune dysregulation at baseline and achievement of viral clearance by 28 days. Amount of circulating cytokines and absolute counts of immune cells in peripheral blood of COVID-19 patienst at hospital admission, distinguished on the achievement of viral clearance by 28 days. Color code: black (patients who achieved viral clearance by 28 days, N = 7); red (patients who did not achieve viral clearance by 28 days, N = 13). Viral clearance was defined as two consecutive negative nasal-pharyngeal swabs. Bars represent mean and standard deviation among the two groups; significance was assessed by T-student test for unpaired samples, *p < 0.005, **p < 0.001, ***p < 0.0001.