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