"So far, Myanmar has reported a total of 262 COVID-19 cases including six deaths and 167 recoveries. The latest case is a 63-year-old Rakhine Muslim man, Case-262, from Buthidaung township in Rakhine State. The man was undergoing the mandatory community-based facility quarantine at a centre in Buthidaung township, where he tested positive. “[Case-262] entered to Maungdaw township from Bangladesh. Health workers accompanied him by ambulance to Buthidaung Hospital. Authorities are still currently tracing his contact history,” U Tun Aung Thein, a State legislator from Buthidaung constituency No 2 told The Myanmar Times. The health ministry reported that the man did not have any contact with a positive patient. He has been admitted to Buthidaung General Hospital for treatment. “The patient currently lives in Buthidaung township. We have sent his five family members, who tested negative, to Hla Phoe Khaung Transit Camp. Moreover, 19 people who had close contacts with Case-262 are also being quarantined at the centre in Buthidaung. We’re currently tracing his contact history,” Dr U Soe Win Paing, spoke person of the Rakhine State Health Department said. So far, Rakhine State has reported eight confirmed cases of COVID-19. Four are from Maungdaw, two from Buthidaung, one from Taunggok and one from Thandwe township. From May 16 to June 15 at 8pm, a total of 77 Myanmar citizens who returned from overseas have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. These comprise 45 returnees from India, 13 from Malaysia, eight from the United Arab Emirates, six from Bangladesh, two from Thailand, two from Italy, and one from China..."