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As the number of 'Black fungus' infections reported among COVID-19 patients in the country rises, a novel complication of the infection in the lower intestine has been reported in two patients at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. The patients aged 56 and 68 have been receiving treatment for over a week.
According to hospital authorities, the fungal infection—which is also known as mucormycosis—caused damage to the lower intestines of the two patients. "It is observed for the first time that the black fungus infected the lower intestine and even made a hole in it," said authorities at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.