<p>An employee of the Osmanabad Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra died of mucormycosis or black fungus infection, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>He was recently recovered from Covid-19 infection but contracted the fungal infection which affected his eyes, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/covid-19-crisis-cases-of-black-fungus-return-what-is-mucormycosis-what-are-the-symptoms-and-can-it-be-fatal-983341.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 crisis | Cases of black fungus return: What is Mucormycosis? </a></strong></p>.<p>To stop the spread of the fungal infection, one eye of the patient was removed surgically during treatment.</p>.<p>He died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in neighbouring Solapur, as per the official.</p>.<p>The deceased was the first victim of mucormycosis from Osmanabad district, he added.</p>
<p>An employee of the Osmanabad Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra died of mucormycosis or black fungus infection, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>He was recently recovered from Covid-19 infection but contracted the fungal infection which affected his eyes, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/covid-19-crisis-cases-of-black-fungus-return-what-is-mucormycosis-what-are-the-symptoms-and-can-it-be-fatal-983341.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 crisis | Cases of black fungus return: What is Mucormycosis? </a></strong></p>.<p>To stop the spread of the fungal infection, one eye of the patient was removed surgically during treatment.</p>.<p>He died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in neighbouring Solapur, as per the official.</p>.<p>The deceased was the first victim of mucormycosis from Osmanabad district, he added.</p>