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In this retrospective study, details of various clinical specimens received from suspected patients of fungal infections were studied. Fungal cultures were positive in 64% (51 out of 79) of COVID-19-positive patients and 43% (163 out of 381) of COVID-19-negative patients during the second wave of COVID-19 in 2021. Among COVID-19-infected patients, the most commonly isolated fungi were\n                    <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (63%), followed by\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (15%) and\n                    <jats:italic>Mucor<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (6%). The majority of samples that tested positive in COVID-19-infected patients were urine (17% from COVID-19-positive and 83% from COVID-19-negative patients), followed by serum (tested for\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                    galactomannan).\n                    <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolation was observed in 27% (21\/79) of urine samples and 15% (12\/79) of respiratory samples [bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), tracheal aspirate, and sputum] from COVID-19-positive patients.\n                    <jats:italic>Rhizopus arrhizus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Rhizopus homothallicus<\/jats:italic>\n                    were isolated from nasal and tissue samples in 6% of COVID-19-positive patients. There was an overall increase in fungal co-isolations during the COVID-19 pandemic (64% in COVID-19-positive and 43% in COVID-19-negative patients), which is a matter of great concern. 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