Black Fungus (mucormycosis) cases have been reported in 20 district of Chhattisgarh, claiming seven lives, the government said on Wednesday.
The state has recorded 210 cases of Black Fungus, Harsha Puranik, Deputy Director (Public Relations), told the media. Seven patients have also recovered from the disease. Durg district has the highest number of 55 patients followed by Bilaspur 34, Raipur 31 and Raigarh 17.
Ten patients each are warded in Jangir-Champa and Bemetara districts, eight each in Baloda Bazar, Mahasamund and Rajnandgaon, Korba 5, and Surajpur, Korea and Balrampur 4 each. Dhamtari district has 3, Surguja, Munegli and Balod two each, while Kondagaon, Gariaband and Kanker have reported one case each. She said the maximum number of patients have been admitted at AIIMS Raipur (142) while 25 patients are being treated at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Medical College Hospital, Raipur. The remaining patients are in district and private hospitals.
On Covid-19, she said the average recovery rate in the state has reached 95 percent. The positivity rate has reached 3.1 percent. The total active cases are 33,127 and total positive cases 1,886.