the country still waiting hours in testing lines, from pennsylvania to houston, some stretching miles. >> we were basically told that the chances of us getting tested were basically zero because there were 200 people in front of us. so by the time they closed they wouldn't get to us. >> reporter: and now new years closures and bad weather making it even more difficult to find tests. >> it's pretty frustrating. i've been literally up ever since, i don't know, 6:00 this morning trying to look for sites. i'm in health care and i can't treat my patients if i don't get tested. >> reporter: right now 10,000 infected americans being admitted in hospitals each day. by mid-january, that number could climb as high as 28,000. >> hospital systems are filled. people are still getting sick, and there's still a lot of exposure happening to front line workers, people needed to keep our country running smoothly. >> reporter: and with 30 million eligible children still unvaccinated, a record number of kids are entering the hospital with covid. 6 year-old aria shapiro has epilepsy.