Four COVID patients die of black fungus infection in Ernakulam

Team of specialists constituted to handle cases of mucormycosis

Of the six patients diagnosed with mucormycosis (a fungal infection seen in COVID patients) recently in Ernakulam district, four have passed away. Of the four patients who succumbed to the infection, a 50-year-old and 77-year-old were natives of Ernakulam. The other two deceased patients were natives of Pathanamthitta. Two patients are currently under treatment for the fungal infection — a 45-year-old at a private hospital here and a 58-year-old North Paravur native at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kottayam.