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Four (30.8%) of the patients had rhino-sinusitis, and three (23%) had rhino-orbito-cerebral involvement. Seven (53.9%) of the patients had hematological malignancy, three (23%) had diabetes mellitus (DM), two (15.4%) had a history of COVID-19 pneumonia, and one (7.7%) had a history of both DM and COVID-19 pneumonia. All had elevated C-reactive protein levels. Rhizopus spp. grew in nasal\/tissue cultures of three (23%) patients, and so did Mucor spp. Surgery was performed in 11 (84.6%) patients, and fungal hyphae were observed in tissue histopathology. All patients showed radiological findings of mucormycosis on imaging. All patients received Liposomal Amphotericin B, and nine (69.2%) patients received sequential posaconazole therapy. Recurrence occurred in two (15.4%) patients. A total of eight (61.5%) patients, including three (23%) patients with intracranial involvement, died. 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