PARIS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The confirmed cases of coronavirus infection have increased by 372 in a day to 1,784, Director-General of Health Jerome Salomon said on Tuesday evening.
So far, 33 people have died of the virus, with 25 of them aged over 75 or suffered from other illnesses, said Salomon at the daily update of the outbreak of the virus.
The senior official of the Ministry of Health added that at the moment France remains at pre-epidemic stage of its national epidemic plan and the government will continue the efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
