Almost 15,000 test positive for coronavirus in Italy

A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a street in Rome, Italy, on March 13, 2020. The COVID-19 epidemic continued to claim lives in locked-down Italy on Friday, according to new data released by the Civil Protection Department. Speaking during a nightly televised press conference, Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli confirmed that 14,955 people have tested positive for the COVID-19 and 1,266 have died since the epidemic first emerged in northern Italy on Feb. 21. (Photo by Elisa Lingria/Xinhua)