LAHORE (Dunya News) – As many as five more children has lost their lives to Pneumonia.
According to a Health Department report, around 653 new cases were reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours while 168 are reported in Lahore during the one day.
However, no death is reported in the city during the 24 hours.
Around 30,973 new cases were reported so far in the province of which 6,788 were from the provincial capital.
Health experts said the major reason for the increasing cases of pneumonia in Punjab is the smog caused by air pollution in winter this year.
Children upto fiver-year of age were the major target of the disease.