TRACKING CONTAGION GLOBALLY

Gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions around the world included some openings for the faithful, including Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which reopened to Muslim worshippers and visitors Sunday after a 21/2-month closure.

DEATHS/INFECTIONS

• More than 6 million people had been reported infected with the novel coronavirus globally and 367,902 had died, a Reuters tally showed as of Saturday night.

EUROPE

• After a near threemonth shutdown, elite competitive sport in England can resume from Monday behind closed doors provided strict conditions are met, the government said.

• England risks losing control of the pandemic again and is at a “very dangerous moment” as it starts to ease out of the COVID-19 lockdown, senior scientific and medical advisers warned Saturday.

• The European Union urged the United States to reconsider its decision to cut ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the pandemic.

• Parisians hurried into parks and gardens as they reopened for the first time after almost 11 weeks of lockdown, one of the last areas of France to ease restrictions.

AMERICAS

• Brazil reported a record 33,274 new coronavirus cases Saturday, its Health Ministry said, and the death toll surpassed France’s, trailing only the U.S., Britain and Italy.

• Colombia issued new measures to control the coronavirus spread in three of its most affected cities on Saturday, including the capital Bogota, as the rest of the country prepares for quarantine rules to start lifting.