Suspected black fungus case reported
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar May 23: Kashmir today reported 17 deaths due to COVID-19 infection and 2187 tested positive for the virus taking the Jammu and Kashmir death toll to 3564.
Among those who died include a 42-year-old man from Shivpora Srinagar, a 70-year-old man from Neelipora Magam in Kupwara, an 80-year-old man from Khawjabagh Baramulla, a 48-year-old man from Hassanpora Arwani in Anantnag, a 60-year-old woman from Lasjan Srinagar, a 60-year-old man from Gonipora Handwara, a 70-year-old man from Khanyar and a 75-year-old woman from Ashajipora in Anantnag.
Those who tested positive in Kashmir include 512 from Srinagar, Baramulla 239, Budgam 401, Pulwama 160, Kupwara 265, Anantnag 150, Bandipora 111, Ganderbal 127, Kulgam 159 and Shopian 63.
With fresh cases, Srinagar has 62159 positive cases with 6243 active, 55185 recovered, 731 deaths; Baramulla has 19852 positive cases with 2842 active, 16770 recovered, 240 deaths; Budgam reported 18674 positive cases with 4547 active cases, 13963 recovered, 164 deaths; Pulwama has 11931 positive cases with2204 active, 9575 recovered and 152 deaths; Kupwara has 10683 positive cases, 1928 active, 8622 recoveries, 133 deaths; Anantnag district has 13174 positive cases with 4249 active, 8776recovered, 149 deaths; Bandipora has 7880 positive cases, with1175 active and 6599 recoveries,83 deaths; Ganderbal has 7785 positive cases with 1175 active, 6545 recoveries and 65 deaths; Kulgam has 8990 positive cases with 2545 active, 6355recoveries and 90 deaths while as Shopian has 4969 positive cases,1103 positive cases, 3812 recoveries and 54 deaths.
And today 4956 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals including 3073 from Kashmir.
Out of 270621 positive cases in J&K, 47437 are active, 219620 have recovered and 3564 have died including 1861 in Kashmir.
Police today arrested four persons and registered two cases and realized fine to the tune of Rs 1,50,190 from 1182 people for violating the guidelines, rules in Kashmir.
Police said it enhanced the efforts to implement the COVID-19 guidelines/ SOPs/ restrictions strictly throughout the Valley and slew of measures including restrictions u/s 144 have been put into place to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The special drive against the violators of COVID-19 guidelines/rules continued throughout all the districts of Kashmir valley to ensure that people adhere to SOPs/ guidelines envisaged by the Government to curb COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, suspected case of black fungus has been reported at the Government Dental College (GDC) Srinagar today.
They said that the patient suffering from uncontrolled sugar levels reported to the OPD of the Dental College and that the final confirmation in this regard is yet to come.
Dr Ajaz Ahmad Shah, Professor and HoD, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, GDC Srinagar told Excelsior that the patient reported to the OPD and is not admitted as yet.
“Patient in 50’s reported to the OPD today and is a fine case of Mucormycosis, however, we are yet to confirm it,” he said.
He added that patient hailing from Srinagar had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier. However, after recovering from the infection the patient reported to the OPD and look like a case of black fungus.
“The golden rule in the biopsy and we will carry that out to confirm the same,” he said.
Dr Shah said that the patient has got a history of diabetes and had earlier tested positive for COVID. “…that goes in favour of that but to ascertain that we will have to carry out the biopsy,” he said.
The doctors had said that people need not to worry about the black fungus as such cases have been treated last year as well and the patient was discharged well after recovery.
During the day, Dr Naveed Nazir Professor, & Head Chest Medicine GMC Srinagar in a Tweet said that the black fungus was not a new disease and there was a need for the diabetes patients to remain cautious.
“Mucormycosis is not a new disease neither contagious. We just need to avoid self medication like steroids, identify high risk patients and keep blood sugar under control,” he wrote on Twitter.
In another Tweet, Dr Naveed said that in November last year, the Dental College’s Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department successfully treated one such case.
“As per HoD Oral & Maxillofacial surgery GDC Srinagar they have already successfully operated one case of mucormycosis in Nov 2020 and another strong suspect case admitted with them.. both post covid and diabetics,” he tweeted.
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