Mucormycosis—the most dreaded fungal infection seen in the second wave—has so far been mild during this wave, said doctors amid sporadic cases. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data, there have been a total 987 mucormycosis cases in Mumbai till date, of which 205 patients succumbed to the infection. The city presently has four active cases of mucormycosis; one in a public hospital and three in a private hospital.

Dr Milind Navlakhe, ENT surgeon, Global Hospitals, who has seen two cases recently, said, “One of the patients I saw was a 60-year-old who had a blood sugar of 600. While he had mucormycosis, there was no confirmation on whether he had Covid-19. He got operated elsewhere. The other patient only came to the OPD and didn’t follow up.”