The Department of Health has been notified of 18 further deaths and 683 additional cases of Covid-19.
Six of the deaths reported today occurred in March, seven in February and five in January.
There has been a total of 4,628 Covid-19 related deaths and 232,164 cases of the virus in Ireland.
Of today's cases, 75% are under 45 years of age and the median age is 32 years old.
As of 8am, there were 329 people in hospital with Covid-19, with 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The number of people in ICU is 76, which is unchanged from yesterday.
Almost half a million people (495,824) have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 184,191 people have received their second dose.
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Outbreaks of Covid-19 in private houses and schools increased last week, according to the latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
The overall number of outbreaks was 404, which was up by 65 when compared with the previous week.
An outbreak is two or more related cases and the data covers the week to last Saturday, including St Patrick's Day.
New walk-in Covid-19 test centres have been set up in five different locations - Aura Leisure Centre, Tullamore; National Aquatic Centre Car Park, Blanchardstown; HSE Phoenix Care Centre Car Park, Grangegorman; Tallaght Stadium; Irishtown Stadium - where people can arrive for a test without an appointment.
The public can use the free testing service if they are aged over 16, do not have Covid-19 symptoms, but would like to be tested, may not have their own GP, and live within 5km of the test centre.
The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet on Monday, with the Government expected to make a decision on Tuesday regarding restrictions after 5 April, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar confirmed.
Mr Varadkar said it makes sense to wait the extra few days before getting advice from NPHET, because the Government is dealing with a "dynamic situation" in terms of numbers of Covid-19 cases.
In Northern Ireland, no further coronavirus deaths have been recorded during the past 24 hours, while 139 new cases have been confirmed.
There are 154 confirmed Covid-19 patients in hospital, with 14 in ICU - 12 of whom are on ventilators.
The 7-day incidence rate per 100,000 for Northern Ireland stands at 53.9, the lowest figure since 20 September.
