On the evening of the 17th local time, Salomon, director of the French General Administration of Health, said at a press conference that as of 15:00 on the day, the number of confirmed cases of French new crown pneumonia had increased to 7,730, an increase of 1,097 from the previous day. Among them, the number of deaths increased to 175, 699 were seriously ill, and 602 were cured and discharged. (Main Station reporter Zou Heyi)