Sri Lanka's government announced that the island-wide curfew is to be extended until April 20 as the number of coronavirus cases rises to 238.
The districts of Colombo, Puttalam, Jaffna, Kandy and Kalutara are still being identified as "high risk zones".
There have been over 19,000 arrests for violating curfew regulations since the curfew was first imposed on March 20.
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