Mucormycosis threat in Maharashtra: Two COVID patients die of fungal infection in Thane, six hospitalised
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.
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THANE: 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.
Thane, May 12
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 pati
Two die of black fungus in Maha s Thane, 6 hospitalised ROZANA SPOKESMAN
Updated May 12, 2021, 11:14 am IST
Two Covid-19 patients have died due to mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection, in Maharashtra s Thane district
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Thane: 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.
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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.
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.
MUMBAI: Almost a month after Mumbai logged its worst single-day tally of 11,206 Covid-19 cases, the graph dipped sharply on Monday, with 2,624 cases detected in a 24-hour period. While the 23,542 tests done to detect these cases were lower than the city s daily average of 44,000 (in April), officials said the worst appears to be over as far as the second wave is concerned.
However, the daily toll remains high with 78 deaths recorded on Monday, showing a daily case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.9%, almost twice the daily CFR reported last week. Officials have maintained that the daily toll will plateau this week and start dropping thereafter. The city s tally so far is 6.58 lakh cases and 13,372 deaths.