Dear editor,rnThe recent outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a major public health issue caused by 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).[1] Severe COVID-19 patients may reveal a dysregulated immune response that allows the development of viral hyperinflammation.[2] In the fight against COVID-19, inflammatory parameters towards illness severity should be identified to improve the prognosis of patients. In this study, we aimed to assess the discriminative ability of several inflammation indicators in severe COVID-19 infection.