unprecedented spike experts say the most serious threat may be over by next month >> we would like it to get down to that level where it doesn't disrupt us in the sense of getting back to a degree of normality. that's the best-case scenario. >> reporter: while omicron's wave may crest by mid-february, its wake is still rippling across the country. every day more than 2,200 americans are still dying. 16 states, hit later by omicron, have cases spiking by over 100% >> we have all reached the point where we're just so burnt out. >> reporter: many on the front lines are struggling to see the end to the spike >> things are sort of at unprecedented levels, and the numbers of patients that we're seeing that require emergency acute care services is overwhelming our ability to really supply those services. >> reporter: as the first free n95 masks arrive at select grocery stores and pharmacies in the midwest, americans are also starting to receive their free home covid test kits with millions more