A 34-year-old patient has been airlifted from a private hospital in Indore to Mumbai`s Hinduja hospital on Monday after being detected with `green fungus` infection, possibly the first such case in the country.

"The 34-year-old man, Covid-19 patient, was being treated in Indore`s Aurobindo hospital for the last one and a half month. He had 90 per cent lung infection. During diagnosis, green fungus was detected in his lungs which is different from Mucormycosis or Black Fungus. This possibly is the first green fungus case in the country," said Apoorva Tiwari, District Data Manager, Health Department, Indore. She also said that the patient was airlifted to Mumbai on a chartered plane on Monday.