The Covid-19 pandemic in French Polynesia has claimed another nine lives, raising the death toll to 522.
Almost 400 people have died since late July when the latest wave began but now, in the third week of a lockdown, the number of daily fatalities appears to be declining.
The hospitalisation figures, released by the health ministry, also appear to have peaked, with 331 people reported to be in care, which is a slight drop since yesterday.
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However, 60 people are still in intensive care.
Daily case numbers are no longer made public but exceeded a thousand a day for much of August.
Of those aged 12 and over, 62 percent has had one jab and more than 50 percent is fully vaccinated.
However, despite repeated appeals to get vaccinated, tens of thousands of people have had no jab.
The authorities report that the weekly number of people getting a first jab has dropped sharply after a rapid increase in late July when the Delta variant began spreading.
The current lockdown and the curfew will be in place until September 20.
After passing a law last month to make vaccinations compulsory for some, the government published a detailed list of which type of people must be inoculated within two months.
They include medical staff, people in contact with the public, such as teachers, and people deemed to be vulnerable.
Those refusing to comply face a fine of $US1,700 and risk a suspension of their work contracts.
Unions have already said they will challenge the new local law in France's highest court.
Meanwhile, the French National Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a law to extend the state of emergency in overseas territories hardest hit by the surge of the Covid-19 pandemic.
