There have been three further Covid-related deaths and 474 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health.
There are 136 people with coronavirus in Irish hospitals as of 8pm tonight. This is 15 fewer patients than at the same time yesterday, and is the lowest number of Covid-19 patients since 3 October.
There are 44 Covid patients being treated in ICU - one less than yesterday.
A total of 4,899 people have died with Covid in Ireland while the cumulative number of cases since the pandemic began is 248,326.
Of the cases notified today 239 are men / 232 are women with 71% under 45 years of age. The median age is 32 years old.
There were 167 cases in Dublin, 39 in Kildare, 37 in Cork, 36 in Donegal, 29 in Meath and the remaining 166 cases are spread across all other counties.
Counties with the highest 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 includes Donegal (295.9), Kildare (218.9) and Westmeath (189.3).
Those with the lowest number of infections are Kerry (19), Kilkenny (24.2) and Wexford (28.7).
The national 14-day incidence rate is 124.6. This compares to 163.7 at the end of March, a reduction of 23.8%.
As of Tuesday 27 April, a total of 1,452,434 doses of Covid vaccines had been administered in Ireland. 1,041,284 people have received their first dose and 411,150 people are fully vaccinated with two doses.
It comes after the Cabinet agreed to a reopening plan for the country throughout May and June.
People will be allowed to travel across the country from 10 May. On the same day hairdressers will reopen, along with libraries, museums and galleries, and team sports training will also resume.
Up to 50 people will be allowed attend religious services including weddings, funerals and masses.
Earlier, Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid said the HSE is on target to deliver between 160,000 and 180,000 vaccines this week and this is set to rise to between 220,000 and 240,000 vaccines next week.
He told a media briefing that the health service is in a much stronger position with growing momentum in the vaccine programme and "good reason to have confidence today and give people a spring in their step".
Also today, the European Parliament has agreed its position on how a Covid-19 certificate should work, bringing the EU closer to launching a document to open up travel within the bloc.
Meanwhile one in every 33 people who has entered mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland since the international travel rule began has tested positive for Covid-19.
Department of Health figures obtained by RTÉ News show that in the first five weeks of the system, a total of 1,755 people have been asked to quarantine in a designated hotel for 12 days.
Of these, 54 have tested positive for Covid-19, including five people who have tested positive for a "variant of concern".
