A 59-year-old COVID-19 affected person, who was additionally detected with black, white and yellow fungus, has handed away right here, the physician treating him mentioned on Saturday. “Kunwar Singh was under treatment but passed away due to toxemia (blood poisoning by toxins) at 7.30 pm on Friday,” Dr. B P Tyagi, an ENT (ear, nostril, throat) specialist at Harsh Hospital within the metropolis’s Raj Nagar space, informed PTI.
The physician mentioned Singh, a lawyer from Sanjay Nagar within the metropolis, had approached him lately with Covid situations.
“The yellow fungus, besides white and black fungus, was detected during endoscopy on May 24,” Tyagi added.
Meanwhile, he mentioned his hospital is treating one other 59-year-old man from Muradnagar who has additionally been detected with yellow fungus infections.
“The fungus in Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Muradnagar, was detected near his brain. Half of his jaw has been removed,” he mentioned.
He too has toxemia however the stage of an infection is lesser than what Kunwar Singh had, the physician mentioned, including the affected person is on anti-fungal medicine.
Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi, in western Uttar Pradesh has recorded 432 deaths linked to Covid-19 to this point and 1,957 lively circumstances of coronavirus, in response to official figures up to date until Friday.
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