3,604 new cases were confirmed with coronavirus, bringing the number of cases in the country to 70,756.

22,455 patients suffering from coronavirus have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

There are more than 46,000 active cases in the country, the Ministry said.

The lockdown, in which domestic and international travel is banned and factories, schools, offices and all shops other than those supplying essential services are shut, was slated to end on May 3, but authorities extended it until May 17.