The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Bangladesh |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Narayanganj & Madaripur (Hospitalized in Dhaka)[1] |
| Arrival date | 8 March 2020 |
| Confirmed cases | 2,051,486[2] |
Deaths | 29,499[2] |
| Fatality rate | 1.44% |
| Vaccinations | |
| Government website | |
| corona | |
The first three known cases were reported on 7 March 2020 by the country's epidemiology institute IEDCR.[3] Infections remained low until the end of March but saw a large rise in April.[4] In the week of 11 April, new cases in Bangladesh grew 1,155%, the highest in Asia, ahead of Indonesia with 186%.[5]
As of 14 May 2020[update], there were a total of 18,863 confirmed cases besides 3,361 recovered & 283 deaths in the country[6] of which 14 people had died in the last 24 hours.
Experts criticised the lack of amount of tests performed in the country that has a population of over 160 million.[7][8]
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.[9]
On 22 March, Bangladesh declared a 10-day shut down effective from 26 March to 4 April.[10] This was later increased to 5 May[11][12]
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