NEW YORK — This month marks a year since the first documented case of COVID-19 reached the city.

And while New Yorkers are finally getting vaccinated, the pandemic is still very real.

City Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi told NY1 that the city is not at the point where any resident who wants a vaccine can request one.

“It’s not today, and it’s not likely to be this month,” Chokshi said on "Mornings on 1"

But, he suggested that reality isn’t too far off.

New York City continues to get about 200,000 first doses per week. Per the federal government, that should gradually increase through March, and significantly increase in April and May, said Chokshi.

The health commissioner said that he is hopeful that May will welcome a period where any New Yorker wanting a vaccine may receive one.

But that still won’t mean New Yorkers can let their guard down.

“Vaccination will change the overall picture, but only when a sufficient number of people actually get vaccinated,” Chokshi said. “And we’re making progress against that goal, but it will take us more time for us to get to a point where we have enough people vaccinated to change the picture as a whole.”

He admitted at some point “we do have to be realistic.” He said people who are vaccinated gathering with one another is low risk. But things get tricky when those who are vaccinated hang around those who are not.

He said his message is still to proceed with caution.