The Covid-19 picture around the world that shows the virus in retreat

The world is starting the long journey back to normality with a number of countries announcing minor easing of lockdown restrictions.

While countries such as France, New Zealand and certain states in the USA are looking at easing restrictions, there are a number of approaches taken by the governments of each country.

And while The Prime Minister has told the UK that we have now passed the peak of coronavirus, the number of people testing positive for the virus continues to rise.

We've looked at the statistics for the ten countries with the most coronavirus related deaths to see whether the number of confirmed cases are going up or down day by day.

The figures are from John Hopkins University as of Saturday morning May 9.

USA

Number of deaths: 73,566

Number of confirmed cases: 1,231,943

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 29,515 - 24,252

(John Hopkins University)

UK

Number of deaths: 30,150

Number of confirmed cases: 202,359

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 3,843 - 6,116

(John Hopkins University)

Italy

Number of deaths: 29,684

Number of confirmed cases: 214,457

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 3,599 - 1,444

(John Hopkins University)

Spain

Number of deaths: 25,857

Number of confirmed cases: 220,325

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 5,029 - 996

(John Hopkins University)

France

Number of deaths: 25,812

Number of confirmed cases: 174,224

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 3,931 - 3,537

(John Hopkins University)

Brazil

Number of deaths: 8,605

Number of confirmed cases: 127,389

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 1,031 - 11,156

(John Hopkins University)

Belgium

Number of deaths: 8,415

Number of confirmed cases: 51,420

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 1,123 - 272

(John Hopkins University)

Germany

Number of deaths: 7,277

Number of confirmed cases: 168,276

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 3,251 - 1,155

(John Hopkins University)

Iran

Number of deaths: 6,486

Number of confirmed cases: 103,135

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 2,274 - 1,680

(John Hopkins University)

The Netherlands

Number of deaths: 5,305

Number of confirmed cases: 41,973

Figures of confirmed cases on April 6 compared with figures of confirmed cases on May 6: 973 - 232

(John Hopkins University)