What is India fungus epidemic?
{{copyedit|date=May 2024}} {{update|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox epidemic | name = India fungus epidemic | image = Map of COVID-associated Mucormycosis (Black fungus) cases.png | caption = The cases of fungus in the World | arrival_date = May 9, 2021<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=05|day1=09|year1=2021|month2=|day2=|year2=}}) | disease = Fungal & mucormycosis | location = [[Southern Asia]] | origin = [[New Delhi]], [[India]] | first_case = [[Delhi]] | virus_strain = Mucoraceae | confirmed_cases = 51,755 | active_cases = 31,000 | deaths = 4,332 | cause = Mucormycosis | website = }} The '''Fungus epidemic in India''' has spread in the center area of [[India]]. More than 50,000 people have gotten sick because of the [[mucormycosis]] disease. Because of the increase in cases of the second wave of [[COVID-19]], some areas had more [[Disease|diseases]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pasquier|first=Gregoire|date=August 2023|title=COVID-19-associated mucormycosis in India: Why such an outbreak?|journal=Journal de Mycologie Medicale|volume=33|issue=3|pages=101393|doi=10.1016/j.mycmed.2023.101393|issn=1156-5233|pmid=37182234|pmc=10168193 }}</ref> The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] has warned that the [[Fungus|fungal]] [[disease]] is spreading, especially during the third wave of COVID-19 in India.<ref>{{cite journal | pmc=8592068 | year=2022 | last1=Boretti | first1=A. | title=Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak | journal=Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery : Official Publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India | volume=74 | issue=Suppl 2 | pages=3216–3219 | doi=10.1007/s12070-021-02988-w | pmid=34804906 }}</ref> Mucormycosis has spread in many areas of India such as: [[New Delhi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[Gujarat]], [[Maharashtra|Maharashta]], [[Telangana]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57027829 | title=Mucormycosis: Th