The number of patients in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 has increased to 648, according to new figures from the Health Service Executive.
The figures, which include all patients admitted up to last night, represent an increase of 79 patients compared with the situation on Sunday evening.
The hospitals with the most confirmed cases are in Dublin, at St James's, which has 52 patients, the Mater with 49 patients, and Tallaght University Hospital with 48 patients.
Elsewhere, Limerick has 26 confirmed cases, Mayo 20 and Letterkenny 14.
The number of patients in intensive care units with confirmed coronavirus is stable at 55.
There are still 141 critical care beds available in the system.
Health officials say that the virus has been suppressed and its impact limited on public health, so far.
Yesterday, the Department of Health said a further four people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland bringing the overall death toll to 1,547.
An additional 88 more cases of the coronavirus have been diagnosed bringing the number of confirmed cases to 24,200.
Around 80% of cases of Covid-19 will be a mild to moderate illness, close to 14% have severe disease and around 6% are critical.
Generally, you need to be 15 minutes or more in the vicinity of an infected person and within 2 metres of them, to be considered at-risk, or a close contact.
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Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health says Ireland is continuing to monitor its response to Covid-19 and was one of the first countries in the world to introduce restrictions in nursing homes.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dr Ronan Glynn said the key thing as we move forward, is to protect the vulnerable to the greatest extent possible.
Dr Glynn said that between two and four weeks should be left between the easing of restrictions.
He explained that Ireland did not reach a Covid-19 peak until the end of April and so it is a number of weeks behind other countries.
This means, he said, that we can take the opportunity to examine other countries and see how their responses work.
Dr Glynn said all measures are kept under review at all times with a review towards potential release of measures or a possible change in the other direction.
The point of going things slowly, he said, is to enable people to get used to living with the new normal and avoid a second wave of the disease.
Dr Glynn said it is too early to say when cancer screening services will be back up and running but that anyone with symptoms should contact their GP.
He said people should not take medication without the advice of their doctors and there is no evidence that drugs, such as hydroxychloroquine, have a protective effect against Covid-19.
