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There have been 11 additional deaths related to Covid-19, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Center (HPSC).
All of the deaths reported today occurred in November. So far this month, there have been 61 Covid-related deaths.
The death toll in the Republic now stands at 1,995.
The HPSC has been notified of 366 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
Dublin continues to record the highest number of cases with 84, followed by 44 in Limerick, 34 in Cork, 34 in Donegal, 24 in Roscommon.
The remaining 146 cases are distributed in another 20 counties.
At 2 pm this afternoon, there are 274 people with Covid-19 in treatment in the hospital and 31 in the ICU.
There have been 14 hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, medical director of the Department of Health, said he is “increasingly concerned” that the positive trends observed recently “have not been sustained.”
“The 5-day moving average of daily cases has increased from an average of 350 cases on November 11 to 424 today,” he said.
“We have two weeks to continue our efforts to reduce community transmission of this disease as much as possible. The lower the incidence, the more flexibility the country will have to make the measures more flexible. ”
Another nine people with Covid-19 have died in Northern Ireland, and another 549 confirmed cases of the virus have been confirmed.
Earlier, the cabinet today withdrew a proposal to introduce fines for people caught drinking outside, amid internal opposition.
Fine ministers Gael and Green were said to be “vehemently opposed” to the knee-jerk response to weekend scenes of crowds drinking in Dublin, despite the Gardaí finding no violation of Covid’s social distancing rules. .
A memo from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly was withdrawn after opposition was voiced in the cabinet.
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