1,283 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 and three more patients have died.
It's a new all-time record, and today is the fifth in a row that the daily total in the Republic has been a thousand or more.
There are four hundred and eight cases in Dublin, 156 in Cork, 88 in Kildare, 80 in Meath, 55 in Limerick and 51 in Galway.
But Cavan which recorded 42 cases today, has by far the highest infection rate by population.
The county has a 14-day case load of over 800 per hundred thousand people compared with just over 250 nationally.
Here in Waterford, five new cases of the virus have been confirmed. There are approximately 153 active cases in Waterford at present (confirmed over the last 14 days). The 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population is now 131.7.
Of the cases notified today;
- 651 are women / 628 are men
- 68% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 408 in Dublin, 156 in Cork, 88 in Kildare, 80 in Meath, 55 in Limerick and the remaining 496 cases are spread across 21 counties.
