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States that had no bed capacity. now that number is less than a fifth of that. so we're really moving in the right direction. a colleague from across the country today suggested to me that, you know, perhaps we should start to look in terms of the overall viral threat, compared to influenza. in an average year influenza kills somewhere between 30,000 and 60,000 americans, which equates to about 100 to 200 people a day. when we start to have mortality rates that start to approach that, we can really, you know, start to move back to more of a completely normal situation. and we're still far from...

I've already been around unmasked individuals. >> when we go forward with the cdc guidance, do you it would be hard -- if there's another variant, how do we get people back into these restrictions. >> i think it's unlikely we'll see any other variant cause problems in our hospitals. to me that's the public health guidance that needs to be premised on. making sure hospitals can perform their duties. not worry about staffing or bed capacity. so any other variant, yes, it may cause indications and disruption, but i don't think it will have the same ability to crush hospitals the way delta and omi...

Hospitalizations and bed capacity in addition to covid case loads to determine if areas of the country are high, medium, or low risk. nadia romero is live with more on the cdc guidance. do people have a clear handle on this? >> reporter: the guidelines came out yesterday. you mentioned it, three levels -- high, medium, and low. if you're still in the high-risk category, the cdc said it's about 28% of americans should still wear masks indoors. that medium level, it's something you might want to think about your personal interactions with people are immunocompromised, what your doctor advises. t...

Be, and particularly at a moment when so many states and cities are rolling back covid-19 restrictions including mask mandates and vaccine requirements for things like indoor dining. >> well, jonathan, good morning. yeah, i thought your set-up was spot-on here that there is concern in other geographies across the world what's happening in china and hong kong across eastern europe. what we're seeing there is a rise in hospitalizations and deaths unlike what those countries have seen in the last 2 1/2 years. the largest they've ever seen. and yet, i don't think the united states is going incure ...

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