The Northern Territory's COVID-19 lockdowns have ended but residents will be required to wear masks and socially distance in public for a further seven days.
Greater Darwin was locked down on Sunday and Alice Springs on Wednesday after an outbreak of the Delta variant at a central Australian mine.
The stay-home orders ended at 1pm on Friday for both jurisdictions, Chief Minister Michael Gunner told reporters.
"It is over. I know it's been a bit of a wild ride but we are really happy with what's come through overnight," he said.
Under the new health directions, there will be no restrictions on people leaving home or travel restrictions in and out of lockdown areas.
But people will be required to wear masks in public if they can't socially distance 1.5 metres from others until July 9.
Patrons will be required to be seated at hospitality venues and gatherings at private residences will be limited to 10 visitors.
Indoor exercise venues and markets have been identified as the highest-risk sites and will need to remain closed for another seven days.
Additionally, anyone who enters the NT after leaving a non-territory quarantine facility, must get a COVID test within three days.
The crisis started on Saturday when a young Victorian mine worker, who travelled to Newmont's Granites Mine about 540km northwest of Alice Springs via a Brisbane quarantine hotel, tested positive for the virus.
More than 700 workers were immediately ordered to isolate as authorities scrambled to track about 800 more who had flown to their homes around Australia after the infected miner arrived on June 18.
It's understood 18 cases were linked to the outbreak as authorities scrambled to shut down exposure sites and isolate close contacts.
Plans to lift the lockdowns in Darwin on Friday and Alice Springs on Saturday were thrown into jeopardy on Thursday after it was revealed another infected miner allegedly breached his isolation order and lied to authorities.
The man in his 50s was moved to the National Centre for Resilience at Howard Springs, near Darwin on Sunday after reporting he had spent 36 hours in the community.
But he allegedly lied to health workers about his movements after he was ordered to stay home and wait to be moved to Howard Springs.
A furious Mr Gunner on Thursday revealed the man had allegedly breached the health direction and visited a Darwin supermarket to buy cigarettes on Sunday before entering quarantine.
That venue immediately became a public exposure site on Thursday as health workers raced to contact trace customers and workers for COVID testing.
They identified 49 casual contacts overnight, tested and isolated them with all but one result coming back negative and the other still pending.
"The thing that really sealed the deal for us in the Top End is a new round of wastewater testing for Darwin, which has come back negative," Mr Gunner said.
Alice Springs was locked down after another miner in his 30s spent the best part of a day at the town's airport on June 25 waiting for a flight to Adelaide.
He's since infected five family members, including a baby, who was diagnosed with the virus overnight.
But Mr Gunner said health authorities were now confident the man wasn't infectious while at the airport.
