"Myanmar has so far reported 263 COVID-19 cases including six deaths and 185 recoveries. The latest patient is a 17-year-old Rakhine Muslim girl, Case-263, from Buthidaung township in Rakhine State. The girl was undergoing community-based facility quarantine at a centre in Buthidaung township where she tested positive. “[Case-263] is one of the family members of a 63-year-old Rakhine Muslim, Case-262, who entered to Maungdaw township from Bangladesh. According to our contact tracing of Case-262, we discovered a total of 34 close contacts. Case-263 was among those who tested positive,” Dr U Soe Win Paing, assistant director and spokeperson of the Rakhine State Public Health Department told The Myanmar Times. “The remaining tested negative. The girl has now been admitted to Buthidaung General Hospital for treatment,” he added. The Rakhine State Public Health Department also confirmed that 32 close contacts of Case-234, 47 close contacts of Case-244, nine close contacts of Case-247 and Case-248, and eight close contacts of Case-250 tested negative, according to National Health Laboratory (NHL) from Yangon. Up until June 18 morning 8am, Rakhine State has reported nine confirmed cases. They are four returnees from Maungdaw, three from Buthidaung, one from Taunggok and one from Thandwe Township. Among them, a 35-year-old is on the road to recovery, the health ministry said on June 15. The recovered patient in Rakhine State is a returnee from Malaysia. From January 31 to June 17, 1083 samples from Rakhine State have been sent over to NHL in Yangon for testing, according to the State Public Health Department..."