omicron variant. some parts of the country can see light at the end of the tunnel, while others are seeing the biggest surge in cases since the very start of the pandemic. in the northeast, cases and hospitalizations are falling after hitting a peak about a week ago. in new york city, cases have dropped 44%, and hospitalizations are down 50% in just the last seven days. but in other parts of the country, omicron is spreading like wildfire with more than 5.4 million new infections last week. hospitals in oklahoma city, well, they have a dire warning tonight. they re at a breaking point. in an extraordinary open letter, the major healthcare systems write, soon, you or a loved one, may need us for life-saving care, first stroke, emergency appendectomy, trauma from a car accident and we might not be able to help. can you imagine? we have breaking news coming in. cbs news has learned the biden administration will announce tomorrow it plans to provide 400 million n95 masks for free to