The latest Covid figures have been released.
35 further Covid-19 deaths have been confirmed, as well as 1,047 new cases.
29 of these deaths occurred in February, while six of them were in January.
There has now been a total of 3,621 Covid-related deaths in Ireland since the beginning of the pandemic, while 201,763 people have tested positive.
The age range of the people who died is between 63-96 years, while the median age of those who died is 84 years.
292 of today's cases are in Dublin, 119 in Cork, 76 in Wexford, 60 in Limerick, 47 in Kildare and the remaining 453 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 2pm today, 1,221 Covid patients are hospitalised across the country, of which 181 are in ICU. 51 additional hospitalisations have occurred in the past 24 hours.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed earlier in the day that the first batches of AstraZeneca will start arriving this weekend with an initial 21,600 doses.
Earlier in the day, the Northern Ireland Department of Health reported that a further 506 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
Sadly, a further 16 deaths have also been reported up north (one of which was outside the reporting period).
