SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- While two of New Brunswick's health zones have loosened their restrictions, it's a different story in Saint John, which is now the only part of the province in the orange phase.
Public health says, while the region is making progress after being in the orange phase for two weeks, it's not ready to go yellow.
While the region is not out of the woods, there's hope on the horizon with progress is being made.
"I know folks are disappointed, they're tired, but we're doing well," said Saint John Mayor Don Darling."The adherence to the mandatory orders, the advice that Dr. Russell is providing to us, I think Saint Johners are doing an incredible job following that advice."
It was confirmed last week that a superspreader event in Saint John -- held at two venues the same night -- was the source of some 60 cases of COVID-19.
The Saint John region currently has the highest number of active cases in the province at 42. However, no new cases were reported in the area on Monday.
Among the restrictions in the port city, one household bubble and mandatory masks in public.
On Sunday, Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said that this region is not ready to return to the yellow phase because of the number of active cases and the risk of transmission.
"While we are seeing new cases that are linked to other cases in that area, we have seen some cases where they weren't on our contact-tracing list, so they weren't already self-isolating," Russell said.
Dr. Russell also pointed to the outbreak at Parkland Saint John, where another case of COVID was reported Sunday in a resident at Tucker Hall.
Another round of testing is scheduled for Tuesday. Meanwhile, Darling is calling for kindness, patience and for residents to continue following the directives of public health in the hopes of having a "Yellow Christmas."
