The district witnessed a spike of 43 fresh cases on Friday, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,213.
Meanwhile, city residents and health officials took a sigh of relief as no casualty due to the virus was reported in the district and the death toll remained at 59.
Of the new cases, 27 are influenza-like illness (ILI) cases and 16 are contacts of Covid positive patients. One ILI case each was reported from Gharinda, Chatiwind, Nangali Bhatha, Nangali Verka, Gobind Nagar, Azad Nagar, Chora Bazar in Gobind Nagar area, Maheka, Thathian, Gadli, Rajesh Nagar, Chowki Wali Gali Khalsa College, Ghanupurkale, Ajnala, Bahoru, Transport Nagar, Fateh Singh Colony, Circular Road, Sundar Nagar, Jaspal Nagar, Bharat Nagar, New Abadi Ratan Singh Chowk, Krishna Square, Malakpur, Ganda Singh Wala on the Majitha road and two from Lodhi Baba Bakala.
Five contacts of Covid patients were detected from Shastri Nagar Lawrence road, three contacts from Jandiala Guru, two contacts each from Gali number five in Shariffpura area, Shariffpura area, Majitha Road and Sultanwind Gate. So far, 965 patients have been discharged and there are 189 active cases in the district.
