also reported: eight in francisco morazan, three in cortes and one in choluteca, along with seven recoveries. on 13 june, 323 new cases were confirmed along with four deaths and 50 new recoveries. gracias a dios department confirm its first case, making it the last department in the country to confirm covid-19 cases. on 16 june, 478 new cases were confirmed, the majority of them in francisco morazan. eight new deaths were also reported. president juan orlando hernandez and his wife tested positive for covid-19. 2021 the government of honduras reported 144,007 confirmed cases of covid-19 within its borders and 3,512 covid-19 related deaths as of 28 january 2021. the government announced the continuation of the national curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. during the week, shopping and essential activities are allowed daily from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. businesses are only allowed to have 50% capacity. 78-year-old cardinal óscar rodríguez maradiaga was diagnosed with covid-19 on 4 february 2021. 28-year-old nursing student keyla patricia martínez was arrested in la esperanza, intibucá department and was murdered by choking while in police custody. her death was originally called a suicide, but following protests it was reclassified as homicide. statistics cases per day vaccination the roll out of the vaccination against the virus is relatively slow in honduras compared to other central american countries. by octumber 2021, honduras reports 5.76 m doses administered it represents 24.5% of its total population. while other countries in the region already vaccinated up to a quarter of their populations. honduras is one of the recipients of vaccines distributed by the covax mechanism, which is a worldwide initiative that seeks equitable access to covid-19 vaccines. by end of may 2021, honduras has received 238,000 doses of the astrazeneca/oxford vaccine and 253,832 doses have been administered nationwide. the total supply of vaccines covers 7.5% of the honduran population. in contrast to other latin american countries, honduras, along with guatemala, nicaragua and paraguay, has not received vaccine donations from china as a result of vaccine diplomacy. the reason for that is that these countries have diplomatic ties with taiwan instead of china and recognize taipei over beijing. indeed, the honduran president juan orlando hernández has expressed interest in opening a trade office for china in order to access more vaccines. while neighbouring country el salvador has received thousands of doses of chinese vaccines, the number of contracted doses in honduras remains very low and most of them come through the covax mechanism. the need for vaccine supply remains urgent, which has led the salvadorian president nayib bukele to donate 34,000 doses to seven towns in honduras where the mayors have posted pleas for vaccines on social media.