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The Department of Health has been notified of 363 new cases of Covid-19 and one more death.
Now there have been a total of 1,803 coronavirus-related deaths here and 35,740 cases.
154 cases were confirmed in Dublin, 40 in Cork and 23 in Donegal.
64% of currently confirmed cases are under 45 years of age.
The remaining cases are as follows:
- 16 in Wexford;
- 15 in Roscommon;
- 14 in Galway and Monaghan;
- 11 in Kildare, Meath and Wicklow;
- 9 in Limerick;
- 6 in Clare;
- 5 in Mayo and Tipperary;
- and the remaining 29 cases in 9 counties.
Fifty-eight cases have been identified as community transmission, and 47% of current cases are associated with outbreaks or close contacts.
Earlier, the HSE chief warned that the health service must plan for “subsequent waves of Covid-19.”
Even with the development of a vaccine, social changes will be needed, Paul Reid told the Oireachtas Covid Committee.
He added that a difficult winter and a resurgence of Covid-19 is “the worst possible scenario for our health services.”
In the north, 320 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the latest 24-hour reporting period, the Health Department said.
It brings the total number of infections to 11,269, including 1,702 reported in the last seven days.
There were no more deaths recorded by the department, leaving the balance at 578.
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