VARANASI: The dark uterus or mucormycosis menace remains in Varanasi and neighboring areas with five deaths reported between June 9 and Monday in Banaras Hindu University hospital.
With the latest deaths that the black fungus toll attained into the markers of 42 while 135 are under therapy.
Providing details of this newest instances to TOI about Monday, the medical superintendent of BHU hospital Prof KK Gupta explained the black fungus tally had achieved around 189 with 20 brand new patients identified with infected with it as June 9.
The black parasite disease claimed five lives before six days and the cost has come to be 42, he further added.
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