his sweeping social spending bill. many in the party are blaming joe manchin for the holdup, but he isn t budging, so why do they think this will pass in the new year? i want to get straight, though, to cnn s nick watt for the very latest on the surge of covid cases and hospitalizations. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant, omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading, and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and the hospitals, they ll soon overwhelm. very soon, it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk, and i m absolutely certain that s what we re going to be seeing here relatively soon.
now, this is happening nationwide. and yes, it is yet another heavy burden on health care professionals and on everyone. the new omicron strain worries all of us. and yet again it raises questions about what steps we can and should take to meet it it. in a moment dr. sanjay gupta and leana wen join us with some answers. we begin with cnn s nick watt. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant. omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death, unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. very soon it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk. and i m absolutely certain
sweeping social spending bill. many in the party are blaming joe manchin for the holdup, but he isn t budging. so why do they think this will pass? t in the new year? i want to get straight to cnn s nick watt for the very latest on the surge of covid cases and hospitalizations. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant. omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading, and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death if you re unvaccinated for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. very soon, it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeiinhe uk, a i m absolutely certain that s what we re going to be seeing here relatively soon. reporter: for the vaccines,
highly contagious variants, both delta and omicron infections are climbing fast just as the holidays are approaching. cnn s nick watt has the story for you. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant. omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading, and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death if you re unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. very soon, it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk. and i m absolutely certain that s what we re going to be seeing here relatively soon. reporter: for the vaccines, this variant is now the most complete escapee, say researchers in a new pre-print
answers. we begin with cnn s nick watt. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant. omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death, unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. very soon it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk. and i m absolutely certain that s what we re going to be seeing here relatively soon. reporter: for the vaccines this variant is now the most complete escapee, say researchers in the new preprint study, although vaccines are still highly effective at preventing severe disease or death. it is reassuring that these