Face masks and COVID-19 social distancing health rules are set to be eased in Darwin and Alice Springs.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner says it's a "bittersweet" moment after an outbreak linked to a Newmont mine in central Australia was brought under control.
"The lockdown worked. We trapped the virus and we made sure it wasn't community spread," he told Mix FM in Darwin on Wednesday.
"Territorians have been magnificent. Things are looking good. I think we're absolutely on track (to lift restrictions) on Friday."
But the Chief, as he's known in the NT, said it had come at a cost to many casual workers and small businesses.
Many were unable to work during a five-day lockdown that ended on Friday, he said.
"It's bittersweet that we've got to where we've got to. We're safe because a lot of people made sacrifices."
Other health restrictions to be relaxed on Friday include a 10-person limit on the number of people permitted at private residences.
Patrons won't be required to sit down at hospitality venues and indoor exercise venues, such as gyms, and markets will reopen.
It comes as NT Health opens a new COVID-19 vaccination centre in the Darwin suburb of Marrara.
The centre will be open for extended hours and on weekends if enough Pfizer vaccine is available.
Meanwhile, more than 40 per cent of Territorians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
That's about 100,000 people out of the NT's 246,561 residents, with about 16 per cent or 30,000 people given their second dose and fully vaccinated.
NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles has been contacted for comment about the current supply of Pfizer vaccine.
The virus outbreak at Newmont's Granites Mine, about 540km northwest of Alice Springs, started on June 26 and led to 18 people becoming infected across Australia.
There have been no new cases since Friday.
