Two more people who were diagnosed with Covid-19 in the Republic have died.
The Department of Health has confirmed that the two patients were a man and a woman, and they were both from the east of the country.
The woman had an underlying health condition.
It brings the total number of deaths here to nine.
235 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to 1,564.
There are 15 confirmed cases in Waterford, as of midnight on Monday March 23rd.
The latest data shows that almost half (46%) of all cases in the Republic are through community transmission.
This is based on 11,064 cases recorded by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre up until midnight on March 23rd.
Close contact accounts for 23% and travel abroad accounts for 28%.
55% of confirmed cases are male and 45% are female.
The median age of confirmed cases is 45.
Over 305 cases (26%) have been hospitalised so far.
Of those hospitalised, 39 cases have been admitted to ICU.
283 cases (24%) are associated with healthcare workers.
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 559 (57% of all cases), followed by Cork with 133 cases (11%).
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Our data showed yesterday that only 6% of our tests so far returned positive; so for every 100 people we test we are only finding 6 people with COVID-19. In light of this, our case definition changed.
"Changing case definition is a standard practice in managing pandemics. Ultimately, we want our 6% detected rate to increase, we want to find as many people as possible with COVID-19, isolate them and contain the spread."
