French Polynesia has recorded another 26 Covid-19 cases, raising the tally in the current outbreak to 560.
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The government said 11 people were in hospital, including four in intensive care.
Most cases were located in urban areas of Tahiti, but also in Bora Bora and Raiatea.
274 people are classified as recovered cases while the average age of those infected is 36.
The surge of Covid-19 last month alarmed unions who threatened with a general strike from tomorrow if the government refused to improve protection and re-introduce a two-week quarantine for arriving travellers.
The government rejected the call, saying tourism could not to be isolated from the rest of the economy, which was at risk of being sunk by industrial action.
The quarantine requirement was abandoned in the middle of July when flights restarted to revive international tourism.
The latest outbreak has infected nine times more people than the first wave from March to June.
