The Department of Health has been notified of four additional deaths of people with Covid-19 and a further 434 new cases. The number of people in ICU has decreased by two to 34.
There were 126 patients with Covid-19 in hospital. The total number of Covid-related deaths now stands at 4,918, with the total number of confirmed cases at 251,904.
Today's cases involve 221 men and 212 women, with 80% under 45 years of age. The median age is 31-years-old. 197 of the latest cases are in Dublin, 44 in Cork, 34 in Kildare, 20 in Limerick, 20 in Meath and the remaining 119 cases are spread across 16 other counties.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that most of the measures approved my Government will come into effect from Monday.