The city reported zero COVID-19 deaths on October 17, but the number of deaths didn’t decrease much in the month, despite the low cases. In October, in fact, the number of deaths are the same as those of September and the cases are also nearly the same. There isn’t any further decline in cases. 

In October, a total of 12,800 cases and 135 deaths were registered. Though the cases are much lower than the spike in the second wave in March and April, they are still on the higher side of August when there were restrictions on people’s movement. In August, the city registered 9,252 cases with a daily average of 298 cases. In September, the average daily cases increased to 433 as many of the restrictions were removed. In October, the average came down to 417 daily cases.