The Department of Health has announced 98 more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 29,303.
No more people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland, meaning the death toll remains at 1,777.
Of the cases notified today 48 are men and 50 are women, 66% of these are under 45 years of age.
The breakdown of today's cases is: 24 in Dublin, 13 in Kildare, eight in Kerry, six in Kilkenny, six in Limerick, six in Louth and five in Tipperary.
The remaining 30 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Galway, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Waterford and Wexford.
Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said: "As we head into another weekend, keep physical distance top of mind at all times. Have no more than six visitors to your home and keep two metres between you. Open windows and keep rooms well ventilated if possible.
"It's important that we all keep our number of social contacts low while we focus on keeping our schools safe, continuing to resume healthcare services and ultimately protecting the most vulnerable from Covid-19."
In Northern Ireland, there has been 61 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed during past 24 hours. This brings the cumulative number of cases to 7,503.
One more person has died from Covid-19 there, taking the official toll to 564.
This is the first time since early July that there have been Covid-19 deaths on three consecutive days in the North.
Currently, there are 17 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with three in ICU.
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Speaking earlier today, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the role of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has been to advise the Government from a purely public health point of view and it has done a really good job so far.
He said the Government brings the bigger and wider picture to the table, such as the impact on the economy, families and people's social life, before making decisions.
Mr Varadkar said there had been times since March when the Government had decided to agree to, modify or not follow NPHET's advice and he added that he thinks that will continue.
He also said he thinks the Government should continue to publish the number of new cases of Covid-19 each day as the more transparency the better.
But Mr Varadkar added that he thinks it needs to be explained to people what the number of cases means.
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"All a case number is [is] an individual who has had a swab test and tested positive for SARS Covid-2," he said.
"That doesn't mean they are sick, in fact most of the people who are testing positive now are people who are asymptomatic, who don't have the virus, could pass it on to other people, but don't have the virus.
"And they wouldn't even have been tested back in February or March when we were still ramping up testing and were only testing people with symptoms.
"So really we need to maybe not obsess about the number of cases everyday, I think some people are getting a little bit terrorised by that, but look at the wider picture."
Mr Varadkar added that he thinks the fact that we are seeing an increase in cases that is not resulting in a significant increase in deaths and hospitalisations is a sign of what was achieved by society during the lockdown.
