There have been no new deaths and 390 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the Republic, according to the Department of Health.
209 of today's cases are located in Dublin, with 27 Cork, 22 Donegal, 21 in Galway and 14 in Kildare and Monaghan.
Waterford has seven new cases, along with counties Roscommon, Tipperary and Wexford as well as six cases in Limerick and Longford. There were five cases in Laois, Meath, Offaly and Sligo, with the remaining 23 cases in eight other counties.
Asked about today's figure, acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn said: "It's a high number any day of the week. We're still continuing to see higher numbers that we would like across the country with a number of counties continuing to rise.
Dr Glynn highlighted Cork and Galway as regions of concern but he said the purpose of highlighting these areas was not to say they would enter a lockdown, but to say to people living there that this is "still in your control" and additional measures could be avoided.
A further 220 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, while no new deaths have been reported in the region.
New restrictions
Over a third of Covid-19 cases have been among those aged 24 or younger in the last two weeks, according to new figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
It comes as a 20 year old student has described the “deathbed” experience he faced following a diagnosis with the disease two weeks ago.
The Government is expected to decide at the end of the week whether additional restrictions are required across four more counties after a spike in Covid-19 cases on Sunday night, with public health teams closely monitoring Cork, Wicklow, Galway and Louth.
A Cork-based GP has said he would be very surprised if the county was not moved to Level Three of the Living with Covid-19 plan due to its rising cases.
