COVID: Cases -6.9% in 7 days but over 1,000 deaths-GIMBE

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 7 - The number of new COVID cases in Italy has dropped 6.9% in the last seven days but there have been over 1,000 deaths from the virus, health foundation GIMBE said Thursday.
    In the week between March 30 and April 5, it said, the number of new cases was 469,479, down 6.9% on the 504,487 of the previous week.
    Coronavirus-related deaths rose from 953 to 1,049, an increase of 10.1%, GIMBE said.
    The number of tests carried out fell from 3.32 million to 3.16 million.
    The average positivity rate remained around 13%. (ANSA).