More than 950 patients remain in hospital with either confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 today.
The number of confirmed cases in intensive care units around the country has remained below 100 for a second day.
There were 688 patients with confirmed cases of Covid-19 in hospital as of last night, and 265 with suspected cases.
The Mater Hospital in Dublin continues to have the highest number of confirmed cases with 104, followed by St James's Hospital with 76.
University Hospital Limerick has 41 confirmed cases, and 60 suspected cases.
There were 98 people confirmed as having Covid-19 in intensive care units around the country.
The last time such numbers were seen was the end of March.
There were also 22 people suspected as having the virus in intensive care, while there were 131 critical care beds still available.
The Health Service Executive held its weekly briefing this morning where it outlined its response to the crisis, following the publication of the Government's plans to re-open the country.
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Yesterday, the Department of Health announced that 25 more people who were diagnosed with Covid-19 here had died.
There have now been a total of 1,286 deaths here linked to the virus.
There were also 343 new cases confirmed, bringing the overall number of confirmed cases to 21,176.
In Northern Ireland there have been a further 5 deaths as a result of coronavirus, bringing the total to 381.
The Department of Health said there are 78 new cases of Covid-19, resulting from tests on 956 individuals on Saturday. It brings the total number of cases to 3,767.
The latest update also reveals that 723 suspected/confirmed coronavirus patients are being treated in 19 hospitals.
Of those, 32 are being treated in intensive care.
Meanwhile, Minister for Health Simon Harris yesterday said it is "not looking good" for foreign travel this year.
He said the advice at the moment was not to leave the island of Ireland and it was looking highly unlikely that people would be able to travel abroad for holidays later in the year.
He pointed out that anyone travelling into Ireland now has to self-isolate for 14 days and said other European countries also have their own restrictions in place.
Passengers travelling into Ireland are now asked to complete a Public Health Passenger Locator form, showing their contact details and the address at which they will self-isolate.
He said at the moment very few people were travelling into Ireland but that could change in the months ahead.
The figures also follow the announcement of a €6.5bn package of new supports to help businesses reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are slowly lifted.
The measures include a waiver on commercial rates for firms that have been forced to close for three months, beginning 27 March.
There will also be new arrangements to help firms deal with accumulated tax liabilities.
Revenue will warehouse these debts at a zero interest rates for a period of 12 months after trading recommences. During that year there will be no debt enforcement action taken.
Calls from business groups for a loan guarantee scheme for SMEs have also been heard, with a €2bn credit guarantee scheme due to be set up.
An additional €2bn Pandemic Stabilisation and Recovery Fund will also be established under the auspices of the Irish Strategic Investment Fund.
However, over €4 billion worth of the supports package cannot be rolled out until a new government is formed.
