forces are being hallowed out by the spread of omicron variant. joining us live from miami with more is sam brock. reporter: good morning, the consistent testing lines and eye popping infection number is leading to a reality that hospitals are seeing a major surge. they don t have the staffing to deal with this and relaxing schools from hospitals trying to boost the work force. reporter: after two years of caring for covid patients, nurses are fighting at the front lines. we are tired and exhausted and on the edge. reporter: hospitalizations jumped nearly 80% in two weeks with a seven day average for cases just under 700,000.