While cautious optimism is the way to go against Omicron, there is still the concern about Covid deaths of seniors hitting double digits recently. A report in this paper cited doctors as saying that most seniors were affected by the Delta variant, or that they were compromised by no vaccination. Some seniors have taken only one jab. While a detailed study is awaited, medicos have stated that in most deaths, Coronavirus had spread to the lungs or the lower respiratory tract. The report showed data from the BMC which said that the city had witnessed 69 deaths from January 1 to January 15. While 61 persons were aged 60 and above, the other eight were aged between 40 and 59.

Several reasons from unvaccinated persons to immunological weakness and comorbidities were cited as major reasons for death. There were some cases when the persons had come into hospital quite late.