Intensive care units in hospitals in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France are working to the limit amid the high coronavirus incidence, Report informs with reference to French media.
According to the media, 99% of beds in intensive care wards are taken, some patients are transported to other regions of the country.
In the neighboring region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the health care system is also heavily loaded with 80% of the intensive care units are occupied.
On Saturday, more than 100,000 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in France, which was the highest rate in the country for the entire pandemic.
French President Emmanuel Macron is videoconferencing a cabinet meeting Monday, which is expected to introduce a bill to replace the "health pass" with a "vaccine pass" from mid-January.