Correction to: Intensive Care Med (2021) 47:188–198 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06323-9

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in Table 1.

The correct numbers are given hereafter.

Men: 407/568 (71.7) in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia group, 298/482 (61.8) in Influenza pneumonia group, and 353/524 (67.4) in no viral infection.

The authors apologize.