There have been nine further Covid-related deaths and 443 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health.
Three of these deaths occurred in January, two in February, three in March and one in April. There has been a total of 4,727 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
There have been 238,907 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland since the pandemic began.
There are 60 people in ICU with coronavirus at present. As of 8am today, there were 261 Covid-19 patients in hospitals with 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Of the cases notified today 239 are men and 203 are women while 75% are under 45 years of age.
There were 208 cases in Dublin, 32 in Cork, 24 in Kildare, 20 in Meath, 17 in Donegal and the remaining 142 were spread across 19 other counties.
Counties with the highest 14-day incidence of infection rates per 100,000 population include Offaly (407.9), Westmeath (260.2) and Donegal (246.2).
Those with the least number of cases include Sligo (27.5), Kerry (31.1) and Kilkenny (32.2).
The national 14-day incidence rate is 157.1. This compares with a rate of 175.6 in early March - a reduction of 10%.
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As of 3 April, 932,324 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland with 660,800 people having received their first dose while 271,524 people have had their second dose.
Earlier, the Health Products Regulatory Authority said it had received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
It said that any suspected reports received are being closely monitored and will be considered in the context of the ongoing review with the European Medicines Agency.
It has also been revealed that coronavirus-related deaths worldwide have crossed three million, according to a Reuters tally.
It took more than a year for the global coronavirus death toll to reach two million. The next one million deaths were added in about three months.
There have been three further coronavirus-related deaths recorded in Northern Ireland during past 24 hours.
It brings the official Department of Health death toll to 2,021.
57 new cases of the disease have also been confirmed, which is the lowest daily number since 9 September.
Earlier, Covid-19 adviser to the Irish College of GPs Dr Mary Favier called for "greater agility" and "flexibility" in the recruitment of vaccinators in Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme.
Dr Favier said she is aware of "many" retired GPs who "have met all types of obstacles" in their bid to become a vaccinator of the Covid-19 jab.
She said "all rigid structures" need to be "put aside" as the country takes part what she said should be a "national effort".
Dr Favier said some GPs will not be able to take part in the remainder of the vaccination programme "because they are simply too busy".
However, she said "the majority" of GPs will continue to give Covid-19 vaccinations.
She urged people to have patience with their GP, if they are giving vaccinations, as she said this may "displace" some of the non-Covid care.
