2 Covid-19 patients die of mucormycosis in Thane district; 6 hospitalised

Two COVID-19 patients have died
due to mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection, in Maharashtra's Thane district, a health official said on Wednesday.
Besides, six other patients are currently undergoing treatment for the disease, also known as black fungus, the official said.
A 38-year-old patient from Mharal in Thane rural and another one from Dombivli town died of the fungal infection while undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 care centres in Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) limits, the civic body's health officer Dr Ashwini Patil said.
Six other patients were undergoing treatment for mucormycosis and two of them were admitted in the ICUs, she said.

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