Roundup: Italy better off than other countries in terms of COVID-19, but battle not won: minister

ROME, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Italy is better off than most of the rest of the world in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Roberto Speranza told the Senate in a report on Thursday.

He cited European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) data on the rate of incidence of the new coronavirus infection per 100,000 people in various European countries over the past 14 days -- Italy had 5.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, Germany 8.4, Britain 12.6, France 19, Croatia 25.3, Spain 53.6 and Romania 75.1.