Amravati dist records 1st mucormycosis death

Amravati: The district recorded its first mucormycosis death on Saturday after a woman died at a private hospital.
Priti Deshpande, a resident of Sai Nagar, died of the illness at Zenith hospital on Saturday, civil surgeon Dr Shyam Sunder Nikam told TOI. She had tested positive for Covid last month, he added.
Nikam said that there are currently around 66 cases of mucormycosis at different hospitals under treatment in the district. Of these, 10 were at government hospitals. Five of them got discharge while the rest are under treatment, he added.