why not 1.6 or 1.8 though?

NEW: 1.7 million locked down in China’s Anhui province

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1544116349101740033

China placed 1.7 million people under lockdown in central Anhui province, where authorities reported nearly 300 new cases Monday in the latest of a string of outbreaks testing Beijing’s no-tolerance approach to Covid-19.

The country is the last major economy wedded to a zero-Covid strategy, responding to all cases with strict isolation orders and tough testing campaigns.