Ludhiana: Even as the cases of Mucormycosis keep coming in, the district is now also reporting another type of fungal disease in the immune-compromised patients treated for severe coronavirus infection. It’s called aspergillosis.
The district has five to six of these cases in its hospitals and they are from both Ludhiana and other areas. Dr Rajesh Mahajan, coordinator of the Covid care centre at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, said: "The cases were there even before Covid-19 but after the pandemic, their number has increased. We did receive these cases in first wave as well but in far less proportion. These patients have uncontrolled diabetes and sinusitis."