It all depends on quantity of steroid dose and rise on
sugar level different for different patients.
For example few patients may have high increase in blood sugar with very low dose steroid also..while others tolerate high doses better.
Various factors like age, how long it's been they are suffering from
diabetes ,genetic predisposition,and hiw long it's been they have diagnosed with covid,'also any other comorbidities like hypertension coexist have to be cross checked.