New Year's Rose Parade marches on despite COVID-19 surge

Rose Queen Nadia Chung waves to the crowd at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Rose Queen Nadia Chung, center, waves to the crowd at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

CORRECTS LAST NAME TO NABA, NOT NAVA - Pasadena residents Bryanna Naba and children Janelle 3, and Bella, 8, set up chairs along Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, Calif., on Friday Dec. 31, 2021, as the beginning a long wait for the Rose Parade Saturday morning, (Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP)

The 108th Rose Bowl Game Ohio State University float is shown at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Spectators watch the Trader Joe's float at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Spectators cheer at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The California Physical Therapy Association float makes its way along the parade route at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal LeVar Burton acknowledges the crowd at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Members of Los Hermanos Banuelos Charro equestrian team perform at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Singer LeAnn Rimes performs during the Rose Parade Opening Spectacular at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The Honda float blasts off at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The UPS Store float makes its way down the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The 108th Rose Bowl Game Utah float at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The Kaiser Permanente float makes its way along the parade route at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Royal Court Jeannine Briggs, Abigail Griffith, Jaeda Walden, Rose Queen Nadia Chung, Swetha Somasundaram, Ava Feldman and McKenzie Street, clockwise from left, at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The Ohio State University Marching Band performs at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The Utah Marching Band performs at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Todd Barnhart, of Ohio, takes a picture with Rose Parade volunteers Karla Thompson, Mary Townsend and Carol Convey, from left, at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal LeVar Burton acknowledges the crowd at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Spectators watch the Michael D. Sewell Memorial Foundation float at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The Masked Singer float makes its way down the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. A year after New Year's Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 proceeded Saturday despite a new surge of infections due to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The RFD-TV / Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom float is seen at the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, a 2020 Rose Parade float is seen at the start of the route at the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. The Rose Parade and Rose Bowl college football game between Ohio State and Utah were set to go forward on New Year's Day despite surging cases of COVID-19, which forced the cancelation of the 2021 parade. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File)