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The overnight figures show a small increase in the number of hospitalized patients confirmed with Covid-19.
There are 50 patients with the virus in the hospital, six of them in intensive care.
It compares with 48 confirmed cases in the hospital on Saturday and 33 this day last week.
There are also 61 suspected cases in the hospital, with seven in intensive care.
In total, the hospital system has 48 free intensive care beds.
While there are 436 intensive care beds in the system, 345 are open and staffed.
The Irish Organization of Nurses and Midwives said there are 163 inpatients waiting for a bed in hospitals across the country.
He said there are 44 patients waiting for a bed at Limerick University Hospital, with 30 at Cork University Hospital.
Meanwhile, the next scheduled meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team is scheduled for Thursday.
The meeting is expected to discuss the increase in cases in Dublin, as well as a series of outbreaks in healthcare settings.
He is also expected to make a decision on reducing the quarantine period for people with Covid-19 from 14 days to ten days, due to evolving international evidence on the virus.
The issue has been passed to the Covid-19 Expert Advisory Group for their opinion.
Health experts believe that reducing the period of self-isolation would also ease the impact on parents, schools, and the elderly and help restore some normalcy in society.
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People in Dublin are urged to keep contacts low as 231 cases were reported
138 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases, no deaths
The Covid-19 case numbers this weekend came with a warning for people living in Dublin to keep their contacts as low as possible.
Yesterday, the Department of Health reported 138 more cases of Covid-19, with just under half of them in Dublin.
231 new cases were reported on Saturday, including 133 in Dublin.
Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn urged people in the capital to keep their social contacts as low as possible.
There are now a total of 29,672 confirmed cases here.
An infectious disease consultant at Beaumont Hospital said he has a “feeling” about the next few months.
Dr Eoghan de Barra said there is a mini-wave or flu surge every winter in Ireland and across the Northern Hemisphere and that this year the health service is also facing Covid-19.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne, she also warned that “some people may have other diagnoses that could be missed or mislabeled because there is a lot of Covid around.”
Over the weekend it was reported that three hospital wards were closed after two staff members tested positive for Covid-19.
Dr. de Barra said the finding of cases is not surprising, as the hospital took a cautious approach and conducted widespread testing of patients.
Every patient admitted to Beaumont Hospital is tested for Covid-19, he said, regardless of the reason for their presence.
The World Health Organization says that data to date suggest that 80% of Covid-19 infections are mild or asymptomatic; 15% are serious infections, requiring oxygen and 5% are critical, requiring ventilation.
Generally, you must be 15 minutes or more close to and within two meters of an infected person to be considered at risk or in close contact.
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