Around two million people visited medical facilities across Punjab with breathing problems and other respiratory diseases in a month as record-breaking smog choked the province.

The Punjab healthcare department data obtained by Dawn on Thursday showed that 19,34,030 cases were reported across the province, with 126,230 in Lahore.

Between Wednesday and Thursday, 68,917 cases of different respiratory diseases, including breathing issues and chest infections, were reported across Punjab.

Of these cases, 6,236 were reported from Lahore, where the average air quality reading was 1,100 on AQI till 9pm on Thursday.