While district Meerut recorded the highest number of 2190 Covid positive cases on Saturday in the state, 4 cases of potentially fatal and rare “black fungus” infection have also been detected in Covid 19 patients here.

Cases of black fungus have been reported so far in Maharashtra and Gujarat and now it is perhaps for the first time that Covid 19 patients in Uttar Pradesh are reported to have been infected with this disease in Meerut.

Assistant Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) Dr Pooja Sharma confirmed to the media on Tuesday that the rare black fungus infection has been detected in two Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Meerut. Dr Sharma told the media that of these two patients one is from Muzaffarnagar and another from Bijnor.

(With inputs from agencies)