Covid-19 spread

As schools brace for the rapid rise in omicron cases amid delta’s continued onslaught and the onset of flu season, some are closing their doors once again and moving back to online learning ahead of the holiday break.

New cases have been gradually dropping nationwide, although experts caution that new infections are still at a high rate and further decline will be slow.

This fourth wave of COVID cases was brought on by the Delta variant and it is overwhelming hospitals across the country.