Delta and Omicron send COVID cases soaring as holiday travel begins

The U.S. is facing another wave of COVID-19 infections as the holiday travel season begins. Cases are surging in more than a quarter of the country as the Delta variant continues to wreak havoc and cases of the Omicron variant tick up.

Long COVID-19 testing lines are stretching around the block in cities like New York, Miami and Rockford, Maryland, as Americans of all ages rush to get tested before holiday gatherings.

Along with packed airports comes fears of packed hospitals as the Omicron variant spreads at an alarming rate.