₹9,000 per day."Dr Hetal Marfatia, professor and head of the ENT department at the government-run KEM hospital in Mumbai, said a surge in mucormycosis cases is being witnessed in the last two weeks. "On average, two or three such patients are visiting the hospital every day," he said.Many of these patients come from outside Mumbai and cannot afford the treatment cost, he said.During the first phase of COVID-19 pandemic the fungal infection typically came to light a couple of weeks after patients were discharged, Dr Marfatia said."But now, some patients are contracting this infection while undergoing COVID-19 treatment," he added.Niti Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul on Friday had said that mucormycosis cases were being found in patients with.