Gujarat Hospital Reports Rise In Covid Cases With Black Fungus Infection

News of black fungal infections from Ahmedabad comes days after doctors at a Delhi hospital said "we are seeing a rise again in this dangerous fungal infection"

A number of Covid patients, including those recovering from the disease, at an Ahmedabad hospital have been diagnosed with a fungal infection - mucormycosis, or black fungus, which can be fatal for transplant recipients, people in ICU or those have long-term immunodeficiency concerns. Dr Kalpesh Patel, an Associate Professor at the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital, told news agency ANI 67 such patients, from the ENT ward, had been identified in the past 20 days alone. "Of these 45 have yet to undergo surgery. We're doing five to seven operations daily," he said. News of black fungal infections from Ahmedabad comes days after doctors at a leading Delhi hospital told news agency PTI "we are seeing a rise again in this dangerous fungal infection".