The second wave of COVID-19 is dragging on in Europe. According to numbers by Johns Hopkins University, the gross of the most-affected Western European nations is on the way to flattening the curve, but is not quite there yet. The exception is the UK, where cases are still growing fast, likely due to a more contagious mutation of the virus. The country surpassed 3.2 million cases Wednesday. France, where lockdowns were recently loosened but could be tightened once more, is not far behind at almost 2.9 million cases.

Germany and Italy could fend off the second wave for a little bit longer, but are also continuing to see cases grow gradually.

Due to the fast growth of case numbers in the UK, the country is now the fifth most affected in the world by absolute numbers after the U.S., India, Brazil and Russia. Due to the severity of the second wave in Europe, France, Spain, Italy and Germany currently all make the top ten of the countries hit hardest by COVID-19.

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