Infections rising in country's southwest despite declines elsewhere as total hits 106,220 and death toll reaches 6,589

South Korea, Germany, Italy fret about fresh outbreaks after easing lockdowns; worldwide death toll hits 279,000; New York reports possible virus-linked fatal complications in kids

Leading epidemiologist, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FDA commissioner exposed to virus amid growing concern over spread in administration staff

Public more critical of PM's economic handling of crisis, with 53% approving, and 57% worried about their financial future

Interior minister and Shas party chief says 70% of Israel's coronavirus cases are Haredim, with outbreak concentrated in community's major cities and smaller neighborhoods

Medical interns protest against 26-hour shifts; demonstrators opposed to PM rally in Rabin Square, at Blue and White MKs' homes; parents decry limit on number of kids at daycares

Miriam Margolyes says she then decided she wanted British PM to survive when he was hospitalized, but laments 'he didn't get better as a human being'

With 18 new cases since Friday evening, country also marks one week with fewer than 100 infections a day; death toll rises to 247 after no fatalities reported in the morning

Comments come as hundreds of thousands of kids set to return to kindergartens on Sunday morning; Lag B'Omer situation remains unresolved at national level

No games have been played since March 1, when the 26-round regular season ended with crowds up 25% over last year, poised to set a league attendance record