As of midnight on Wednesday there were 102 confirmed cases in Waterford since the outbreak began.
That's less than 1% of the national total.
Nine people are being treated for coronavirus at University Hospital Waterford.
One person is in Intensive Care.
As of last night there were 4 suspected cases of COVID-19 awaiting results elsewhere in the hospital.
There are also 195 vacant beds at UHW. 4 critical care beds are also vacant.
Nationwide the Covid-19 death toll has risen to 530.
A further 44 patients have lost their lives after contracting the virus - the highest daily increase so far.
702 new cases have also been detected, including 112 from swabs sent to German labs, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 13,980.
Testing is to increase, with 100,000 due to be carried out every week for at least the next six months.
A census of ALL deaths in long-term residential care facilities this year is being carried out this weekend.
The research includes people who died from Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 illnesses, to find out the scale of the virus in nursing homes.
Yesterday saw the death toll rise to 530, after a further 44 patients died after being infected with Covid-19.
There have been 335 outbreaks in residential care settings, including 196 in nursing homes.
Kathleen McLellan, from the Department of Health, says the census will inform how the state tries to stop the spread of Covid among older people:
