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The Health Department has reported 274 additional cases of Covid-19 and no more deaths.
The death toll in Ireland stands at 1,792.
There are now a total of 32,538 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
The latest cases involve 142 men and 129 women. 65% are under 45 years old and 52% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.
52 cases have been identified as community transmission.
166 in Dublin, 21 in Cork, 19 in Donegal, 7 in Kildare, 7 in Offaly, 6 in Waterford, 6 in Wicklow, 5 in Louth, 5 in Limerick and 5 in Meath and the remaining 27 cases are in 12 counties.
It comes as a series of new Covid-19 restrictions went into effect in Dublin, in response to a further spread of the virus in the city and county.
There are new restrictions on social gatherings and travel in and out of the capital is discouraged.
People in Dublin are asked to limit their socializing to no more than six people from another household at a time.
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Meanwhile, more than 200 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours in Northern Ireland.
It is one of the largest daily increases in the region since the start of the pandemic.
According to the Health Department, there were 222 new confirmed cases of the virus.
This brings the total number of cases to 9,165, including 913 or 10% in the last seven days.
No more deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours. There are currently 21 coronavirus patients in the hospital, with four in the ICU.
There have been 575 deaths with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland with the current estimate of the virus reproduction rate now at 1.2.
The increase in the number of cases is due to more restrictions being introduced in various areas of Northern Ireland.
The BT60 zip code, which covers sections of Co Armagh, became the most recent area to face the most restrictions last night, including the daunting of inland visiting, with no more than six people from two households allowed to gather in a private garden.
Those restrictions already apply to the Greater Belfast, Ballymena, BT29, BT28 and BT43 area.
Meanwhile, the Stormont executive agreed last week that drinks-only pubs can reopen starting Wednesday, September 23.
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