The number of daily cases has dropped drastically but the number of critical COVID-19 patients has increased to 584. These patients are mostly senior citizens with comorbidities. Officials,  however, say the critical people are hospitalised for longer so the number appears to be high. 

From January 1 to 20, 124 people died in the city due to COVID-19. The active cases rose to 1.17 lakh on January 10, after the city recorded over 20,000 daily cases for four consecutive days. Now active cases have come down to 30,000 but the number of hospitalisations hasn’t dropped. On January 10, there were 7,408 COVID patients and out of these, 3,129 were on oxygen beds and 471 were critical. Currently, 4,571 people are under treatment in various hospitals, 2,041 of them are on oxygen beds and critical patients have increased to 584.