Even as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is raging like wildfire, the ridership on the city’s public transport systems has remained more or less steady, with a daily average of 46.5 lakh commuters taking the local trains and about 28 lakh using BEST buses.

While a large number of employees in the railways, including its workshops, and BEST have reported unwell, there was no clarity on the number as test reports were pending. However, it has not affected public transport services so far, said officials. On Thursday, the Central Railway ferried 25.11 lakh passengers and Western Railway saw 18.93 commuters. There is not much difference in the numbers as yet as compared to that of last month.