Dr. Ala Stanford, the founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, has been on a mission to make sure that's possible.
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"We are better than we were. I can tell you the Monday after Christmas, our positivity rate was 45%. We watched that drop down, and most recently it is 20% to 22%. Roughly one in five people you come in contact with probably has COVID," said Stanford.
FEMA has been deployed to North Philadelphia to help for the next 30 days with a mobile vaccination unit that will hit the streets starting Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Paul Robeson High School.
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In Delaware, the state partnered with FEMA to open a free COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at the DMV in New Castle County.
Governor John Carney says the state has seen hospitalizations decreasing in the last few days.
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"The number has gone down from a peak of 759 a few days ago to 711 today or yesterday, so that's good news. It may be a result of our efforts to help them decompress," said Carney.
Meantime, a pop-up testing and vaccination site in Camden, New Jersey had a steady flow of people as parents and kids prepare to head back to work and school Tuesday.
Teesha Cooper, a registered nurse says, "We are definitely seeing cases continue. It is a lot of mild symptoms for those vaccinated."
She says COVID-19 symptoms can mimic the flu or common cold, so it is important to get tested. The recommended time to test is 3 to 5 days after exposure.