The Department of Health has been notified of an additional 301 confirmed cases of Covid-19, while no further deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
It brings the total cumulative number of cases here to 74,246, while the total number of deaths remains at 2,099.
Of today's cases, 133 are men while 168 are women, while 64% are under the age of 45.
The median age is 32.
Geographically, 119 cases are in Dublin, 32 are in Donegal, 16 are in Cork, 13 in Kildare, 13 in Kilkenny and the remaining 108 cases are spread across 18 other counties.
As of 2pm this afternoon, there are 231 patients in hospital with the virus, of which 28 are in intensive care.
There have also been eight additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last night, St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny accounted for the largest number of Covid cases, followed by Letterkenny University Hospital in Donegal, where there were 29 coronavirus patients.
The 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 per 100,000 population nationally is 80.7.
Counties with the highest rates of the disease include Donegal (224.9), Louth (159.1), Kilkenny (171.3) and Limerick (141.1).
Counties with the lowest rate of infection are Leitrim (15.6), Wexford (19.4), Westmeath (23.7) and Clare (33.7).
Meanwhile, a further 11 people with Covid-19 have died in Northern Ireland, bringing the overall death toll there to 1,050.
An additional 419 new cases were confirmed by the Department of Health there, taking the cumulative total to 55,047.
The figures come as the president of the epidemiology and public health section of Britain's Royal Society of Medicine warned that the decision to ease Covid-19 restrictions in Northern Ireland this Friday could result in record numbers of infections in the New Year.
Professor Gabriel Scally urged people not to have large family gatherings at Christmas, but to instead "save your hugs for Easter."
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme, Prof Scally said he believed "the aftermath of Christmas will not be good".
