COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020. 
Cases.
The first three known cases were reported on 7 March 2020 by the country's epidemiology institute IEDCR. Infections remained low until the end of March but saw a large rise in April.
In the week of 11 April, new cases in Bangladesh grew 1,155%, the highest in Asia, ahead of Indonesia with 186%.
, there are a total of 18,863 confirmed cases besides 3,361 recovered &amp; 283 deaths in the country of which 14 people have died in the last 24 hours.
Criticisms.
Experts criticised the lack of amount of tests performed in the country that has a population of over 160 million. 
Newspaper reports and social media continued to report about additional deaths of patients with COVID-19 symptoms. Some of the deceased were treated at COVID-19 isolation centres at hospitals in the districts and others were denied treatment, though no tests were given to confirm contagion. 
Response.
On 22 March, Bangladesh declared a 10-day shut down effective from 26 March to 4 April. This was later increased to 5 May