parts of the country. green is good. new york is green. >> we are winning. we are winning. and we are going to win. >> reporter: but not yet. more than 100 patients left waiting for an icu bed in oklahoma city monday morning. our care givers are still strong, according to an open letter penned by four health care bosses in the city. but they are exhausted. even these heroes can't keep up much longer. >> we have to stop the happy talk about omicron. this is still a very serious pathogen, especially in light of the fact that so much of our health care workforce is getting knocked out at home with covid. >> i had 103-degree fever every night. >> reporter: espn's steven a. smith spent new year's in the hospital with covid. >> they told me had i not been vaccinated, i wouldn't be here. >> reporter: another massive issue, hundreds of schools remain closed by the omicron