₹9,000 per day.8) This fungal infection came to light during the first 'wave' of the pandemic, typically a couple of weeks after the patient was discharged, said Dr Hetal Marfatia, professor and head of the ENT department at the government-run KEM hospital in Mumbai.9) In an official statement, the Health and Family Welfare Department said that the situation is being monitored and the treatment for mucormycosis is available in the state.10) Conditions like HIV/AIDS, uncontrolled diabetes, mellitus cancers, organ transplant, long-term corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy increase the risk of this disease and the predisposing factor for most of the cases prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it said.-With agency inputsNever miss a story!.