Though the cases are under control after the festivities that were feared to trigger the third wave, the BMC wants to keep the jumbo centres and Covid-19 hospitals on standby, as the city is expected to see an influx of international returnees for the holidays.

The city currently has 17,434 beds dedicated for Coronavirus patients at jumbo centres and Covid-19 hospitals, and only 6 per cent or 1,159 beds, are currently occupied. Moreover, the two new jumbo centres, which the civic body took possession of recently, are lying unused.