despite that progress, some states haven t reached their omicron peak yet. in montana, there s an onslaught of new cases. they re up more than 50% in just the last week. when you have over 2,000 deaths, 150,000 hospitalizations, and you have people who are now getting infected to the tune of somewhere around 700,000 a day, we re not there yet. reporter: pfizer and moderna are both working on omicron-specific vaccines. it isn t clear that they ll be needed, but covid has brought surprises before. i think hopefully we ll get into spring and summer and have a period of stability, but we have to be prepared. as moderna and leaders in this field we re committed to being prepared to protect americans and people around the world with that new vaccine if we need it for the fall. reporter: vaccine manufacturers and public health experts are keeping close tabs on a subvariant. it isn t considered at this point cause for alarm. most americans are eager to put omicron behind them and still
omicron flash flood, not a wave but a flash flood, will have largely passed. new covid cases are down from last week in 33 states. despite that progress, some states haven t reached their omicron peak yet. in montana, there is an onslaught of new cases. they re up more than 50% in just the last week. when you have over 2,000 deaths, 150,000 hospitalizations, and you have people who are now getting infected to the tune of somewhere around 700,000 a day, we re not there yet. reporter: pfizer and moderna are both working on vaccines. it is not clear that they ll be needed. but covid has brought surprises before. i think we ll get into spring and summer&have a period of stability but we have to be prepared. vaccine manufacturers and public health experts are keeping close tabs on a sub variant not considered at this point cause for alarm. month most americans are eager to put omicron behind them and still divided how to.