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"We are beginning to see a fourth wave (of covid-19) knocking on the doors of hospitals," French government spokesman Gabriel Attal told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
This was expressed during a visit this Friday to a hospital in the southern region of the country.
Attal noted a "very significant increase in the number of people admitted to hospital and ICUs" in the area.
This covers six administrative regions in the extreme southeast of mainland France, including popular tourist destinations along the Côte d'Azur.
In addition, Attal added that in the southern region of France the incidence rate of covid-19 has multiplied by 11 in one month.
In this way, it has bequeathed almost 600 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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“We have observed a type of plateau at the national level for a few days, but it is a plateau with a high trend and today there is no guaranteed decline.
The epidemic continues to circulate strongly, ”Attal said.
France had 26,460 new COVID-19 cases on Aug. 5, with 52 deaths, according to Public Health France.
At the national level, the number of new daily cases has remained relatively stable over the last fortnight, with a small continuous increase.
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With his cabinet on vacation, French President Emmanuel Macron spread a series of Christmas video calls on social media for French citizens to get vaccinated.
Dressed in a polo shirt and wandering around a house, a stark contrast to much of the president's previous public health messages during the pandemic, he urged greater acceptance of vaccines.
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"Get vaccinated if you love your family, friends, brothers, sisters and parents," Macron said on Instagram, "because by getting vaccinated, you are also protecting them."
France registered 76,607,025 vaccinations administered on August 5, according to the latest figures from the national health agency.
In total, some 36,594,069 people, more than half of the French, are fully vaccinated.
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