The most recent figures have been released.

518 new Covid-19 cases have been confirmed, while no new deaths were reported. There are currently 150 Covid-19 cases in hospitals across the country, with 23 of them being in the ICU. 134 of the new cases are in Dublin, with 53 in Cork, 49 in Limerick, 34 in Donegal, and 32 in Meath. The remaining 216 cases are spread across 20 counties. 252 of today's cases are men, while 266 are women. 68% of the cases are in people under 45 years of age. 30% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case. Speaking on Monday, Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan said: "We have seen in recent days a significant and concerning deterioration in the epidemiological situation nationally. "It is vital that we do everything in our power now to arrest the current trajectory nationally and very substantially suppress the virus back down to a low level of transmission in advance of the winter months. "Do not become distracted from the core public health messages." Earlier on Monday, it was reported that 616 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Northern Ireland today, from tests on 4,203 individuals. A decision made on whether Ireland will adapt new safety measures is expected to be made later this evening.