Spain reopens its borders to European tourists

Spain reopened its borders to European tourists Sunday as the continent continues to ease lockdowns put in place to quell the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Once the country with the third-highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, Spain has now fallen to seventh place with more than 246,000 confirmed cases, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

But while Europe sees slow improvement, countries including Brazil, South Africa, India, and the United States are reporting alarming increases.

With more than 2.2 million cases, the U.S. has more infections than anywhere else in the world.

Brazil and Russia follow with more than 1 million and more than 580,000 infections, respectively.

The U.S. also leads the world in COVID deaths with nearly 120,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.