spreading, odebt beckel, jr., scored monday night, next morning quarantining after exp exposure. kudos to the sports leagues. they are actually doing a fantastic job of surveillance testing. in the rest of the country we re driving the car down a dark road with the headlights off. 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. very soon it s going to be the dominant variant. we have seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk. i m absolutely certain that s what we ll be seeing here relatively soon. reporter: no need for am on chron-specific booster, but this