India has recorded 11,717 cases of Mucormycosis, or Black Fungus, so far, with Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh logging the highest number of cases, as per the latest government data. Maharashtra has reported 2,770 cases so far. Gujarat has logged 2,859 cases and Andhra Pradesh 768 cases. Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda shared data from different states and said around 30,000 extra vials of Amphotericin-B - the drug used to treat Mucormycosis - had been allocated to all states and union territories.
Additional 29,250 vials of #Amphotericin- B drug, used in treatment of #Mucormycosis, have been allocated to all the States/UTs today.
— Sadananda Gowda (@DVSadanandGowda) May 26, 2021
The allocation has been made based on the number of patients under treatment which is 11,717 across the country.#blackfungus#AmphotericinB pic.twitter.com/j0LyR6GLjH
Delhi has reported 620 cases so far, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday. This is nearly five times more than the number of cases (119) reported by the central government.Mucormycosis, according to the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), is a fungal infection that "mainly affects people who are dealing with medical problems that reduces their abilities to fight environmental pathogens".
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