i'm nikki battiste. adriana diaz is off.gin 2022 with the world entering the third year of the pandemic, a scaled-down times square town ringing in the new year, as most of the united states faces explosive growth of daily new coronavirus cases. new infections are averaging nearly 400,000 a day, up a staggering 200% over the last two weeks. yet, hospitalizations are growing at a much slower rate than cases. elise preston leads off our coverage tonight from new york. elise. >> reporter: nikki, new york just hit a record 85,000 daily new cases. the omicron variant is also partially to blame for the state's highest hospitalization total since february. >> happy new year! >> reporter: this is how they rang in the new year in key west, as florida reported 56,00w new covid cases, shattering its single-day record. >> it's going off! >> reporter: from the fireworks and revelers in las vegas, to the scaled back celebration in times square, a brand-new year has begun with the same old pandemic getting even worse. >> we are watching al

as nikki battiste report, a new study shows the vaccines are safe and not being vaccinated can lead toen month pregnant, this is not where kntrice anadumaka expected to be -- battling covid in an icu bed wearing an oxygen mask, fighting for her life and her baby's. >> i would wake up gasping for air and experiencing that night after night, and i would sit and count my breaths because i didn't know if i would survive the night. >> reporter: she was unvaccinated. what is going through your mind? >> to be honest, and this part gets me a little emotional, i felt irresponsible because i had put me and my baby at risk. >> i will never forget the look of complete fear in her eyes. >> reporter: dr. emily miller, chief of obstetrics at northwestern memorial hospital, was her physician. >> a large proportion of her lungs were really destroyed by the virus. >> reporter: a recent study from scotland found that more than 90% of pregnant women hospitalized with covid are unvaccinated. a group at much higher risk of severe complications like pre- mature birth, stillbirth, or neonatal death which occu

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norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you for being there with us. appreciate it. the runaway omicron variant is spreading fast with daily cases and hospitalizations near all-time records. experts twarn latest surge is far from over. cbs's mola lenghi reports. >> reporter: as omicron continues to sweep the nation, today dr. anthony fauci addressed whether it could end the pandemic. >> i would hope that that's the case, but that would only be the case if we don't get another variant that eludes the immune response. >> reporter: still, health officials say the next few weeks will be rough. as case numbers shatter records, more than 133,000 americans are currently hospitalized with covid down from the peak from the week before. the challenges continue tonight with the lack of available rapid at-home tests and the long tine of pcr tests topping long delays of getting results contributing to the spread of the vipers. >> tests allow us to make decisions whether we're contagious and are a threat to others, whether we can safely return to school or work. >> reporter: meanw

cbs' nikki battiste is in hard- hit rochester, new york.evening. >> reporter: good evening, norah. i have to tell you, it has been brutal for my crew and i to be out in this wintry mix of wind and cold and snow all day in rochester. pretty much everyone else in this area did stay inside today. right now we have about a foot of snow, but as you can see it is still coming down pretty hard tonight. across the northeast today, a wintry whiteout as some areas saw up to 2 inches of snowfall per hour, nearly making it impossible for road crews to keep up. the storm pounded i-90 in western pennsylvania with a triple punch of heavy snow, strong winds and freezing rain. utility crews had to help each other on the slippery roads. no different for stranded drivers in erie. in buffalo, new york, was nailed with 16 inches of snow, the most on this day in 64 years. >> the person across the street got stuck getting out of their driveway. so, we have to help each other. >> reporter: in rochester, these two residents had been trying to dig out their vehicle

cbs' nikki battiste is in hard hit rochester, new york. od evening, nikki. >> reporter: norah, good evening. i have to tell you, it has been brutal for my crew and i to be out in this wintry mix of cold and wind and snow all day here in rochester. pretty much everyone else in this area did stay inside today. right now i say we probably have about a foot of snow. but as you can see, it is still coming down pretty hard tonight. across the northeast today, a wintry whiteout, as some areas saw up to 2 inches of snowfall per hour, making it nearly impossible for road crews to keep up. the storm pounded i-90 in western pennsylvania, with a triple punch of heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing rain. utility crews had to help each other on the slippery roads. it was no different for several stranded drivers in erie. today in new york, buffalo was nailed with more than 16 inches, the most on this day in 64 years. >> the person across the street, they got stuck trying to get out of their driveway. we got to help each other. >> reporter: today more t

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cbs's nikki battiste says not only does the data say the vaccines are safe and effective and they don't kaud infertility but another study shows not being vaccinated could result in dire outcomes. >> reporter: at seven months pregnant this is not where kentrice anadumaka expected to be, battling covid in an icu bed wearing an oxygen mask, fighting for her life and her baby's. >> i would wake up gasping for air. and experiencing that night after night. and i would sit and count my breaths because i didn't know if i would survive the night. >> reporter: she was unvaccinated. what is going through your mind? >> to be honest, and this parts gets me a little emotional, i felt irresponsible because i put me and my baby at risk. >> i will never forget the look of complete fear in her eyes. >> reporter: dr. emily miller, chief of obstetrics at northwestern memorial hospital in chicago, was anadumaka's physician. >> a large proportion of her lungs were really destroyed by the virus. >> reporter: a recent study from scotland found that more than 90% of pregnant women hospitalized with covid are u