By: Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar: In total, ten black fungus cases have been detected in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir so far of which two have died while remaining eight are being treated, health officials said Wednesday.
A senior health official said that there are eight “strong suspected” cases of black fungus popularly known as Mucormycosis admitted in J&K hospital.
“The suspected cases include three from Kathua, two from Jammu and one each from Reasi and Udhmapur in Jammu division and one from Srinagar in Kashmir division,” the official said.
He said that a person who was a suspected case of black fungus died on Wednesday and before him, another infected person had died in GMC Jammu.
Financial commissioner health and medical education Atal Dhulo said that there are eight suspected cases of black fungus in J&K at present. J&K government has already declared black fungus as an epidemic. (KNO)
