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The COVID-19 pandemic is emerging or reemerging in many countries worldwide and in nearly all U.S. states. Intensive care units (ICUs) are at capacity, and trained ICU staff are in short supply. The most susceptible patients are older and have comorbid conditions, and secondary infections in this population have been reported increasingly. These researchers describe 15 cases of nosocomial candidemia among 2.5% of 596 patients with documented COVID-19 admitted to a New Delhi, India, ICU from April through July 2020. Of these cases, 10 (67%) had Candida auris isolated from their bloodstream. Two of these 10 also had C. auris in their urine. C. albicans was the next most common fungus (3 cases); C. tropicalis and C. krusei each infected one pa…