There have been 15 further coronavirus-related deaths and 310 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health.
Ten of these deaths took place in December. A total of 2,117 people have died with Covid-19 in Ireland. The total number of infections is 75,203 and this includes the denotification of seven previously confirmed cases.
The number of people in ICU is 36, a decrease of two since yesterday. There has been a further reduction in the number of people in hospital in Ireland with Covid-19.
As of 2.30pm today, there were 202 patients being treated for the virus compared to 224 yesterday. This represents the lowest number of people in hospital with coronavirus since 11 October when there were 201 patients.