May 26, 2021, 18:40 PM IST
New Delhi: India has registered 11,717 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis as of May 25, with Gujarat leading the list closely followed by Maharashtra. Union Minister Sadananda Gowda shared the information on Twitter and said an additional 29,250 vials of the Amphotericin B drug, used in the treatment of the deadly fungal infection, have been allocated to all states/UTs based on the number of patients under treatment.
Cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, a serious infection, have been found in COVID-19 patients in various states.
Gujarat has logged 2,859 black fungus cases, while Maharashtra 2,770, followed by Andhra Pradesh in the third slot with 768 cases. Delhi has 119 cases of black fungus, as per the data, in contrast with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s statement that the national capital has 620 cases.
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As Delhi grapples with a shortage of coronavirus vaccines, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the makers of Sputnik V will supply anti-Covid jabs to the city but the quantity is yet to be decided.
He also said there were around 620 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis in Delhi, but Amphotericin-B injections used in its treatment are in short supply.
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‘Huge mistakes have been committed in immunisation effort’
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday likened the “acute shortage” of COVID-19 vaccination in the country to a war-like situation that all governments, from the Centre to the States, had to confront as ‘Team India’.
The Centre cannot abdicate its responsibility and leave vaccine procurement to the States, he said, adding that this akin to Delhi being asked to arrange its own weapons and Uttar Pradesh its own tanks if Pakistan declared war on India.
“Vaccines for the 18-44 age group are finished in Delhi. For the past four days, vaccination centres for the young have been shut. Covaxin for the elderly is also finished. We have written to the Centre but the vaccines have not yet arrived,” he said in a video message.
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Five fresh COVID-19 deaths in Noida, 3 in Ghaziabad
Five more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh s Gautam Buddh Nagar, pushing its death toll to 428, while another three fatalities raised neighbouring Ghaziabad s count to 424 on Wednesday, official data showed.
Together, the two western UP districts adjoining Delhi have a death toll of 852, according to data released by the state s Health Department for a 24-hour period.
In terms of new cases, Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 150 more infections during the period. The district now has an overall case tally of 62,001 and 2,398 active cases, it showed. Ghaziabad logged 228 new cases with its tally reaching 54,583 on Wedneday. The district has 2,04
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