Europe surpasses US daily COVID-19 caseload for first time since April

As the coronavirus surges continue to ripple across the United States, Europe is bracing for what some fear is a second wave.

For the first time since early April, the European Union reported more new cases of COVID-19 than the U.S. this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The EU and the United Kingdom reported an average of 78,000 cases a day over the seven-day period ending Oct. 12. In the same time, the U.S. reported 49,000 on average.