Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will this week publish a "route map" which will explain how lockdown restrictions in Scotland can be eased.
The First Minister said the document, due to be released on Thursday, will set out ways in which Scots could potentially meet others from outside of their household as long as they maintain social distancing.
But she stressed the current position was to continue to follow lockdown rules for now - and added firm dates on when the restrictions will be lifted could not yet be shared.
Speaking at the latest Scottish Government coronavirus briefing in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon said 2,105 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, up two from 2,103 on Sunday.
"The route map we publish will give a more detailed indication of the order we will carefully and gradually seek to lift current restrictions," she said.
"Like other countries, we will not yet be able to share firm dates on all of the different phases because timelines must be driven by data and evidence.
"It will also be important to assess the impact of measures in one phase before we move on to another.
"We will continue to take a cautious approach to ensure the virus is suppressed while seeking to restore as much normality as possible."
If progress is made in reducing the spread of the virus, the First Minister said changes to lockdown restrictions could made after the next review date, May 28.
She continued: "Within a few days of that, we will aim to allow, for example, more outdoor activity such as being able to sit in the park, meet up outdoors with someone from another household as long as you stay socially distant, some limited outdoor sporting activities like golf and fishing, the opening of garden centres and recycling facilities, and the resumption of some outdoor work."
She said more information will also be given about when schools might reopen.
Ms Sturgeon told the briefing: "Within two weeks, my hope is that we will be taking some concrete steps on the journey back to normality.
"As I've said before, it won't be normality as we knew it because the virus will not have gone away but it will be a journey to a better balance - I hope - than the one we have today.
"As we take each step, we must make sure that the ground beneath us is as solid as possible.
"That's why sticking with the lockdown restrictions a bit longer to suppress the virus more is so important because that will mean we can start to take these steps with the confidence that we have alternative means of effectively keeping it under control."
