Hyderabad has reported an unusual incidence of white fungus or Aspergillus developing an abscess in the brain of a Covid recovered patient. The patient in question had recovered from Covid-19 in May of this year, but had developed limb paralysis and communication difficulties.

White fungus abscess found in the brain of a COVID-recovered patient

India recorded more than 45,000 cases of the deadly "black fungus" over the last two months, the health ministry said, as a nationwide outbreak sweeps through Covid-19 patients.

India records more than 45,000 cases of 'black fungus'

Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, has caused thirty to lose vision in one eye in a Tamil Nadu government hospital, says a top official of the hospital said on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu: 30 people lose vision in one eye due to black fungus

The government has allocated an additional 1.7 lakh vials of Amphotericin-B drug, used to treat black fungus infection, to states and union territories, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said on Wednesday.

Govt allocates additional 1.7 lakh vials of Amphotericin-B to states, UTs

India's pandemic death toll crossed 300,000 on Monday. It took less than a month for India to add 100,000 deaths. Although new infections have been dropping, the daily death toll still hasn't gone down.

After black, white fungus, now yellow fungus discovered in India's Uttar Pradesh

There's no peace from the pandemic even though the second wave is slowly subsiding. Another challenge has emerged - black fungus. India has now been forced to declare the infection an epidemic.

Black fungus: Number of cases in India, symptoms & precaution

After black fungus, now there are reports of a more dangerous white fungus as India battles the second wave of Covid pandemic. India on Thursday reported a drop in all key metrics.

After black fungus, doctors in Patna uncover white fungus as India battles COVID-19

New epidemic on rise: Indian states with highest number of Black Fungus cases

Rajasthan has declared Mucormycosis as an epidemic with around a hundred black fungus patients in the state. Assam has also reported its first case of black fungus in a COVID-19 patient in the city of Guwahati.

Rajasthan declares black fungus an epidemic

Black Fungus or Mucormycosis, a rare deadly fungal infection's multiple cases in patients of COVID-19 have been reported in India in the past few days. Mucormycosis is a fungal infection triggered by COVID-19 and has been a cause of disease and death of patients in transplants, ICUs, and immunodeficient patients since long. Black fungal infection can turn dangerous if left untreated and may turn fatal if uncared for. Watch this video to know how to prevent Mucormycosis and some dos and don'ts for black fungus in COVID patients.

Black Fungus or Mucormycosis: Deadly fungal infection making some COVID-19 patients blind in India